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ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


Princeton  Monographs  in  Art  and  Archaeology 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


BY 

ALLAN  MARQUAND 

PROFESSOR  OF  ART  AND  ARCHAEOLOGY  IN  PRINCETON  UNIVERSITY 


PRINCETON  UNIVERSITY  PRESS 

PRINCETON 

LONDON:  HUMPHREY  MILFORD 

OXFORD  UNIVERSITY  PRESS 

1919 


Copyright,  1919,  by  Princeton  University  Press 
for  the  United  States  of  America 


Printed  by  Princeton  University  Press 
Princeton,  N.  J.,  U.  S.  A. 

Published  April.  1919 


TO  MY  FRIEND 

RUFUS  GRAVES  MATHER 

TO   WHOSE  RESEARCHES  I  AM   INDEBTED   FOR 

ALL  OF  THE  DOCUMENTS  AND  FOR  MANY 

IDENTIFICATIONS   OF   COATS   OF   ARMS   PUBLISHED   IN 

THIS  VOLUME 


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CONTENTS 

PAGE 

I.  Introduction    ix 

II.  Catalogue  of  Monuments i 

III.  Bibliography  and  Index  301 


I.     INTRODUCTION 

In  attempting  to  define  the  authorship  and  date  of  the  very  numerous 
products  of  the  Delia  Robbia  school  I  have  been  embarrassed  by  the  lack 
of  documentary  and  historical  evidence  and  consequently  have  usually  been 
compelled  to  rely  on  the  evidence  of  style  alone.  I  count  it  most  fortunate 
for  these  studies  that  my  friend  Air.  Rufus  G.  Mather,  residing  in  Florence, 
was  prepared  to  devote  his  energies  to  the  discovery  of  documents,  which 
in  many  cases  have  proved  to  be  invaluable.  These  he  is  publishing  in 
Italian  periodicals  while  I  am  utilizing  them  in  these  Princeton  monographs. 

A  much  neglected  series  of  Robbia  monuments  are  the  coats  of  arms, 
which  are  found  on  altarpieces  and  other  monuments,  or  set  up  as  memo- 
rials of  office  on  the  Communal  Palaces  of  many  Italian  towns.  These 
coats  of  arms  not  only  throw  light  upon  the  activities,  religious  and  po- 
litical, of  many  aristocratic  families  of  Tuscany,  but  with  them  are  asso- 
ciated dated  inscriptions,  which  assist  us  in  fixing  the  period  of  undated 
monuments.  Robbia  Heraldry,  as  a  special  department  of  a  broader  Italian 
Heraldry,  is  specifically  Tuscan,  and  limited  to  the  productions  of  a  school 
of  artists  who  worked  almost  entirel}'  in  glazed  terra-cotta.  Some  of  the 
tinctures  of  Robbia  coats  of  arms  may  be  considered  as  conventional  sub- 
stitutes. Thus  white  is  the  colour  used  for  argent,  and  yellow  for  or. 
Gules  was  difficult  to  obtain  in  baked  glazes  and  assumed  various  tints  of 
violet  or  manganese.  A  dark  violet  served  also  for  sable.  But  while  the 
tinctures  applied  by  superficial  paint  to  coats  of  arms  executed  in  stone  or 
marble  have  faded  awaj-,  those  of  the  Delia  Robbias  remain  unchanged  and 
render  bright  and  interesting  the  dull  fagades  of  the  City  Halls  in  Italian 
towns. 

This  monograph  was  not  written  as  a  contribution  to  heraldry,  but  inas- 
much as  it  represents  coats  of  arms  not  recorded  in  such  a  corpus  as  Crol- 
lalanza's  Dizionario  sforico-blasonico  delle  famiglie  Italiane  and  in  many 
instances  records  variations  therefrom,  it  should  have  some  importance  for 
the  student  of  heraldry.  It  was  intended  as  an  aid  to  the  history  of  Italian 
art.  Hence  I  have  interested  myself  more  in  the  forms  of  the  shields,  in 
the  tv'pes  of  the  garlands,  in  the  stylistic  qualities  of  the  inscriptions,  than 
in  the  variations  from  type  in  the  heraldic  emblems  or  their  tinctures. 

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I.     The  Garlands. 

The  Rectangular  heraldic  tablets,  of  which  there  are  many  examples  in 
Robbia  ware,  occur  also  in  stone  and  marble  at  an  earlier  date.  In  Robbia 
monuments  they  are  found  from  1474  (Fig.  15)  to  1551  (Fig.  269). 
More  distinctively  Robbian  are  the  medallions  surrounded  by  a  garland  of 
leaves,  flowers,  and  fruit.  Luca  della  Robbia,  in  1431-1438,  in  decorating 
the  soffit  of  his  marble  cantoria  made  use  of  a  fluted  medallion  surrounded 
by  a  wreath  of  leaves.  This  was  imitated  by  Andrea  della  Robbia  (Fig. 
34),  and  by  Giovanni  della  Robbia  (Fig.  247).  A  simple  form  of  leaf 
garland,  fruited,  was  employed  by  Andrea  not  only  in  the  vault  of  the 
Pazzi  chapel,  but  in  the  frames  of  coats  of  arms  (Fig.  36). 

Garlands  consisting  of  flowers  alone  are  rare,  but  important  (Figs.  44, 

45). 

More  frequent  are  the  fruit  garlands,  composed  occasionally  of  fruit  and 
foliage  only,  but  usually  combined  with  flowers  and  sometimes  with  spikes 
of  wheat.  The  method  of  their  composition  not  infrequently  betrays  the 
predilections  of  their  authors.  Andrea  in  1475  "sed  a  single  file  of  fruit, 
separated  into  groups  of  two  alternately  dark  and  light  (Fig.  18),  a  com- 
positional type  which  occurs  in  the  frame  of  the  head  of  a  Boy  in  the 
Metropolitan  Museum  and  other  similar  medallions.  It  was  possibly  An- 
drea, but  more  probably  his  uncle  Luca,  who  designed  for  the  Silk  Mer- 
chants a  frame  consisting  of  couplets  of  fruit — a  series  of  three  couples 
of  dark  fruit  followed  by  three  couples  of  light  (Fig.  6).  Possibly  the 
effect  was  not  considered  satisfactory;  at  all  events  such  a  sparse  combi- 
nation was  not  repeated.  As  early  as  1463  Luca  della  Robbia  designed  the 
frame  for  the  arms  of  the  Mercanzia  (Fig.  9).  Here  are  successive  bunches 
of  fruit  interspersed  with  flowers,  the  fruit  sometimes  three  abreast,  some- 
times the  central  fruit  being  slightly  in  advance  of  those  on  its  flanks. 
Luca's  naturalistic  tastes,  however,  seem  to  have  led  him  to  avoid  con- 
ventional composition.  The  very  beautiful,  but  irregularly  composed  gar- 
land about  the  arms  of  Rene  d'Anjou  (Fig.  13)  refuses  to  be  reduced  to 
mathematical  analysis.  In  the  hands  of  an  unskilled  artisan  an  irregularly 
composed  garland  has  no  such  charm  (Fig.  240,  264).  Greater  regularity 
is  exhibited  in  the  garland  which  Luca  made  for  Jacopo  de"  Pazzi  (Fig. 
20)  with  its  eight  equal  sections,  and  its  rhythmical  alternation  of  dark  and 
light  coloured  fruit,  but  he  evidently  did  not  like  it  and  in  designing  the 
companion-piece  of  Maddalena  Serristori  (Fig.  21)  he  concealed  the  di- 
viding lines  of  the  eight  sections  and  subdued  the  contrast  in  their  hues. 
A  different  taste  is  found  in  Andrea's  works.  Regularity,  and  a  rhythmical 
cadence  is  seen  in  the  pilasters  of  his  altarpieces  (Figs.  25-27)  and  in  his 
earliest  garlands  (Figs.  30  and  32).  Here  we  find  a  succession  of  bunches 
of  fruit,  distinctly  separated  from  each  other,  usually  alternately  dark  and 


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light,  and  arranged  in  what  I  have  termed  a  triplex  composition.  If  we 
follow  the  motion  of  the  garland,  which  is  usually  developed  in  the  same 
direction  as  the  hands  of  a  clock,  we  shall  find  fruits  of  the  same  kinds 
gathered  into  a  succession  of  triangles,  with  always  two  fruits  at  the  base 
and  one  at  the  apex.  It  is  worthy  of  note  tliat  this  compositional  mode 
pervaded  the  entire  output  of  Andrea's  atelier  and  lived  on  in  the  works 
of  his  successors  as  late  as  1537  (Fig-  262).  When  therefore  we  encounter 
a  wreath  like  that  which  frames  a  celebrated  Madonna  in  the  Victoria  and 
Albert  Museum  (Fig.  277)  with  one  fruit  at  the  base  and  two  at  the  apex 
we  should  be  as  much  surprised  as  if  we  should  see  a  vehicle  drawn  by 
three  horses,  one  wheeler  and  two  leaders.  This  is  one  of  several  reasons 
which  incline  me  to  consider  tliis  Madonna  to  have  been  made  in  modern 
times. 

More  than  three  fruits  occur  also  in  more  or  less  regular  composition. 
Four  was  an  unpopular  number,  but  Luca  used  five  in  various  compositions 
in  Jacopo  de'Pazzi  arms  (Fig.  20).  One  of  these  which  I  have  termed 
quinqueplex,  consists  of  two,  two,  and  one,  reading  from  the  base  to  the 
aipex  of  the  bunch.  It  was  used  by  Giovanni  della  Robbia  in  the  large 
Ceppo  Hospital  medallions  (Fig.  244,  245)  and  in  the  Gianfigliazzi-Adi- 
mari  arms  recently  acquired  by  the  Metropolitan  Museum  (Fig.  246).  Sel- 
dom if  ever  are  more  than  five  fruits  of  the  same  kind  associated  together 
in  the  same  bunch.  Occasionally,  as  in  Maddalena  Serristori's  medallion, 
two  or  more  groups  are  associated  together  in  the  same  bunch,  but  very  sel- 
dom do  we  find  a  formation  consisting  of  different  kinds  of  fruit.  Bene- 
detto Buglioni  and  Giovanni  della  Robbia  both  reacted  from  Andrea's 
rhythmical  compositions  and  reverted  at  times  to  continuous  garlands,  not 
markedly  divided  into  separate  bunches;  but  even  so  (see  Figs.  63,  108) 
the  influence  of  triplex  or  other  formations  is  still  to  be  recognized. 

When  flowers  are  interspersed  with  fruit  they  are  frequently  introduced 
at  random,  but  sometimes  at  set  intervals  so  as  to  produce  a  rhythmical  ef- 
fect, and  at  times,  but  seldom  (Fig.  150,  152),  enlarged  and  used  as  a  ter- 
minal ornament.  The  medallion  as  a  circular  form  has  no  apex  and  no 
base  and  the  garlands  are  usually  set  in  place  without  reference  to  the  con- 
tent of  the  medallion.  But  some  designers,  recognizing  that  a  shield  has 
its  chief  and  base,  its  dexter  and  sinister  sides,  adapted  the  garland  to  the 
contents  of  the  medallion  by  means  of  a  garland  holder  from  whicl:  the 
motion  rises  (Fig.  150)  or  falls  (Fig.  212). 

The  bands  which  tie  together  the  separate  bunches  of  fruit  are  sometimes 
small  and  unobtrusive  (Fig.  9,  13),  with  flat  surface  (Fig.  80),  or  orna- 
mented by  a  longitudinal  groove,  single  (Fig.  54)  or  double  (Fig.  114), 
or  by  a  series  of  transverse  grooves  (Fig.  57).  These  bands  may  resemble 
a  long  band  which  winds  transversely  or  diagonally  about  the  garland,  or 


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a  series  of  ribbons  with  fluttering  ends  (Fig.  20,  ^t„  117),  or  exhibit  other 
variations. 

The  garland  itself  was  a  first  treated  like  a  frieze  framed  by  architect- 
ural mouldings  of  simple  or  decorative  form  (Fig.  18,  33),  but  the  frame 
was  gradually  eliminated,  leaving  the  garland  free  and  unsupported  (Fig. 
55).  Sometimes  it  was  the  garland  that  was  eliminated  and  only  the  archi- 
tectural mouldings  that  remained  (Fig.  17,  84).  Up  to  the  end,  however, 
the  garland  remained  the  characteristic  Robbia  frame  for  coats  of  arms 
and  only  occasionally  was  it  supplanted  by  a  Medici  ring  (Fig.  217),  an 
oak  branch  (Fig.  219),  a  dolphin  and  griffin  (Fig.  249)  or  other  device. 

II.  The  Backgrounds  of  the  Shields. 

Occasionally,  as  in  Figs.  11,  35,  62,  a  shield  was  set  up  with  no  other 
background  than  the  wall  of  the  building  to  which  it  was  affixed.  But  in 
framed  or  garlanded  stemmi  there  was  always  a  space  between  frame  and 
shield  that  offered  an  opportunity  for  artistic  treatment.  In  many  in- 
stances, as  in  Figs.  18,  31,  this  background  was  left  plain,  but  more  fre- 
quently it  was  decorated.  The  shield  was  surrounded  with  floral  scrolls 
(Figs.  15.  139).  or  by  fluttering  ribbons  (Figs.  79,  80),  or  by  a  bordure 
(Figs.  13,  244),  but  by  far  the  most  common  device  was  to  fill  out  the 
space  with  a  fluted  shell.  Luca  della  Robbia  set  the  fashion  with  the  beauti- 
ful blue  disk  which  served  as  a  background  for  the  arms  of  the  Mercanzia 
(Fig-  9).  and  his  example  was  almost  a  law  in  Robbia  Heraldry.  Very 
rarely  do  we  find  heraldic  or  other  emblems,  as  in  Figs.  13,  22,  surrounding 
the  shield.    Even  crests,  mantlings  and  mottoes  are  seldom  found. 

In  a  few  cases  only  is  the  shield  given  some  apparent  support.  In  Figs. 
55,  56  it  appears  to  hang  from  an  invisible  hook;  in  Figs.  6,  43,  129,  222, 
angels  or  putti  keep  it  from  falling;  but  almost  invariably  the  shield  is  set 
against  its  background  and  no  one  thinks  of  asking  how  it  is  kept  in  place. 

III.  The  Forms  of  Shields. 

In  books  on  heraldry  little  attention  is  paid  to  the  forms  of  shields.  Oc- 
casionally, as  in  H.  Gourdon  de  Genouillac's  L'Art  hcraldiquc,  we  find,  a 
few  forms  recognized.  Quite  exceptional  is  the  treatise  of  George  Glaze- 
brook  on  the  forms  of  shields;*  but  his  classification  is  based  on  British 
forms,  with  little  recognition  of  the  rich  inheritance  which  British  heraldry 
received  from  continental  sources.  It  is  obviously  useless  for  a  treatise  on 
Robbia  Heraldry. 

Passing  in  review  the  forms  of  shields  as  they  are  displayed  in  our  il- 

*  George  Glazebrook,  F.  S.  A.,  The  Dates  of  variously  shaped  Shields  with  coincident 
Dates  and  E.raml'lcs.     Printed  for  private  circulation.     Liverpool,   1890. 


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lustrations  we  may  distinguish  various  forms,  wliich  may  be  roughly  classi- 
fied as  oval,  French,  tournament,  kite  shaped,  Tuscan,  late  Tuscan,  and 
baroque. 

1.  The  Oval  Shield  (No.  i). 

This  form  is  not  strictly  o\aI,  but  in  general  resembles  an  egg 
with  a  pointed  I)asc.  English  heralds  sometimes  speak  of  it  as 
kite-shaped  (a  term  which  we  have  reserved  for  our  class  4), 
or  as  heater-shaped  (this  would  require  explanation  outside  of 
^.  J  Great  Britain)  ;  Venturi  suggests  alabastron-shaped  (this  is 
more  intelligible  to  archaeologists  than  to  the  general  public). 
The  oval  shield  in  Italy  may  be  traced  back  through  mediaeval  to  classic 
times.  Luca  della  Rolibia,  who  conserved  many  mediaeval  forms,  em- 
ployed it  on  Or  San  Michclc  for  the  medallion  of  the  Silk  Merchants  (Fig. 
6)  and  in  1463  for  that  of  the  Mercanzia  (Fig.  9),  and  for  the  stemma  of 
Roberto  Lioni  (1463)  at  S.  Giovanni  Valdarno  (Fig.  11).  Andrea  della 
Robbia  used  it  in  the  predellas  of  altarpieces  at  the  Osservanza,  Siena,  and 
at  the  monastery  at  La  Verna.  Between  1470  and  1490,  when  he  controlled 
the  Robbia  atelier,  it  was  almost  the  only  form  of  shield  which  he  em- 
ployed. Giovanni  della  Robbia  introduced  other  forms.  The  last  appear- 
ance of  the  oval  shield  in  Robbia  monuments  seems  to  be  the  Carnesecchi 
stemma  of  1507  at  Galluzzo  (Fig.  149),  inasmuch  as  we  are  not  sure  of 
the  antiquity  of  the  Sertini  stemma,  dated  1520,  at  Poppi. 

The  oval  shield  remained  unmodified,  although  occasionally  (as  in  Fig. 
34)  of  slenderer  form. 

2.  The  French  Shield  (No.  2). 

This  type  of  shield  is  sometimes  called  Samnite,  but  Luca 
della  Robbia  used  it  in  representing  the  coat  of  arms  of  Rene 
d'Anjou  (Fig.  13).  He  is  more  likely  to  have  derived  it  from 
l<"rench  Gotliic  than  from  Samnite  sources.  It  is  the 
^^  ,  form  of  shield  universally  employed  in  books  on  French 
heraldry.  It  is  not  to  be  considered  as  a  modification  of  the  oval  shield, 
but  an  importation,  which  found  no  permanent  place  in  Italian  heraldry. 
It  seems  to  have  been  used  for  the  last  time  in  the  arms  of  the  Pazzi  dello 
Steccuto  about  1510  (Fig.  169).  The  somewhat  triangular  form  of  the 
French  shield  may  have  led  Luca  della  Robbia  to  design  the  unique  shield 
with  waving  sides  used  in  the  cupola  of  tlic  Pazzi  chapel  (Fig.  36). 


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3.  The  Tournament  Shield  (No.  3). 
The  tournament  shield  with  its  dexter  side  cut  to  support  the 

lance  was  a  mediaeval  form  used  occasionally  in  Robbia  herald- 
ry. It  first  occurs  in  somewhat  severe  form  in  the  IManfredi 
arms  by  Andrea  della  Robbia  (1477)  at  Faenza  (Fig.  30)  ;  it 
"ii^T^  received  a  curved  top  in  the  Malegonelli  arms  of  1485  (Fig. 
48).  This  became  peaked  in  the  Petrucci  arms  of  1488  (Fig.  66,  67). 
By  1492  in  the  arms  of  Giovanni  Trotti  (Fig.  94)  all  the  angles  were  bent 
forward  and  the  centre  of  the  shield  made  convex.  In  this  case  and  in 
that  of  Pietro  Ghislieri  it  was  used  for  a  knight.  It  was  used  for  Messer 
Leonardo  Buonafede  in  1518  at  Galatrona  (Fig.  210),  and  in  1531  at  Stia 
(Fig.  258).  In  post-Robbia  days  it  was  occasionally  revived,  as  in  the 
Carlini  arms  at  Sesto  (Fig.  2/2). 

4.  The  Kite-shaped  Shield  (Nos.  4,  4a). 


No.  4  No.  4a 

If  the  first  class  be  called  Oval,  the  fourth  might  well  be  termed  truncated 
Lozenge-shaped;  but  as  it  occurs  more  frequently  in  modified  form  (No. 
4a),  a  more  comprehensive  even  though  popular  term,  like  Kite-shaped,  is 
more  satisfactory.  This  form  is  probably  of  classic  origin.  In  Robbia  ware 
it  occurs  first  as  a  truncated  lozenge  in  the  Buondelmonti  arms  of  1475 
(Fig.  18).  In  the  same  year  it  occurs  with  curvilinear  sides  in  the  Torna- 
buoni  arms  (Fig.  22).  Further  modifications  consisted  of  the  multiplica- 
tion of  curvilinear  sides  as  in  the  Cappelli  arms  of  1485  (Fig.  47).  Gi- 
nanni  designates  this  form  of  shield  as  Testa  di  Caz'allo,  but  it  is  evidently 
a  developed,  not  a  primary  type,  and  his  term  could  not  be  used  to  cover 
the  entire  class.  A  peaked  head  and  base  appears  in  the  Bartoli  arms  of 
1489  (Fig.  75)  ;  and  a  unique  ribbed  example  in  the  Ginori  arms  of  1490 
(Fig.  78).  A  mongrel  type  with  kite-shaped  chief  and  pointed  oval  base 
occurs  in  the  Nuccarelli  arms  in  1502  (Fig.  125),  and  the  Salviati  arms  of 
1520  (Fig.  223),  but  this  is  a  late  variant,  not  an  historically  transitional 
form.  The  latest  example  in  Robbia  ware  is  found  in  the  Particini  arms 
at  Poppi  in  1526  (Fig.  251  ). 

5.     The  Tuscan  Shield  (Nos.  5,  5a,  5b,  5c). 

This  form  of  shield  (No.  5)  occurs  frequently  in  Robbia  heraldry:  in 
the  late  works  of  Andrea,  in  almost  all  of  those  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia, 


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and  of  the  Buglioni.  Perhaps  the  earhest  example  may  be  seen  in  the  coat 
of  arms  of  Innocent  VIII  (1484-1492)  (Fig.  65).  Another  early  form 
occurs  in  tlie  arms  of  Bernardo  Lucalberti  in  1490  (Fig.  79),  though  both 
of  these  mav  be  regarded  as  modifications  of  a  somewhat  simpler  form. 


No.  5  No.  5a 

It  was  subjected  to  many  modifications.  In  S.  Maria  delle  Carceri  at 
Prato  Andrea  della  Robbia  decorated  its  head  and  arms,  or  apices,  with 
lilies  (No.  5a).  This  became  a  popular  type.  At  the  same  time  he  trans- 
formed the  centre  of  the  shield  from  a  Hat  plane  to  a  convex  surface.  This 
feature  was  frequently  copied  in  the  shields  which  emanated  from  his 
atelier.  Occasionally  the  acroterion  or  central  apex  was  decorated  with  a 
pendent  lily.  But  ordinarily  the  modifications  consist  in  the  form  of  the 
apices,  which  were  simply  truncated  (Fig.  173),  or  bent  forward  (Fig. 
150J,  or  rolled  forward  into  a  scroll  (Fig.  153),  or  rolled  backward  (Fig. 
186),  or  peaked  (Fig.  159).  They  differ  also  in  the  contours  which  some- 
times repeat  the  curve  of  the  oval  type,  but  more  frequently  exhibit  a  curve 
of  double  curvature.  A  unique,  decorative  example  of  the  Tuscan  shield 
is  the  one  made  by  Andrea  della  Robbia  for  Larione  Martelli  who  was 
Podesta  at  Pistoia  in  1498  (Fig.  113).  Here  the  lateral  apices  are  adorned 
with  animal  heads,  which  recall  to  mind  the  arms  of  Pistoia  with  "the  lit- 
tle brown  bears"  as  supporters,  illustrated  in  Sheldon  and  Newell's  "Seven 
little  Journeys  in  Tuscany,"  p.  124  (N.  Y.  C,  1904).  The  latest  of  our 
examples  of  the  Tuscan  shield  is  that  of  Agnolo  Serragli  dated  1528 
(Fig.  257). 

A  late  modification  of  the  Tuscan  shield  (No.  5b)  consists  in  giving  to 
its  sides  a  concave  rather  than  convex  outline.  This  may  have  been  the 
outcome  of  the  curve  of  double  curvature,  but  nevertheless  presents  a  very 
diflr'erent  appearance,  sufficient  to  make  of  it  a  marked  variety  of  the  Tuscan 
shield,  rather  than  a  distinct  type.  Hence  it  may  be  designated  as  Late 
Tuscan.  The  earliest  of  our  examples  is  that  of  Raffaello  de'Medici  in 
15 19  (Fig.  220),  when  the  lateral  curves  are  small  but  sharply  defined. 
They  are  a  marked  feature  in  Giovanni  della  Robbia's  Ceppo  and  Medici 
arms  of  1525  (Fig.  244,  245).  In  the  Casavecchia  arms  of  1528  (Fig. 
255)  the  lateral  convex  outlines  give  as  much  character  to  the  .shield  form 
as  do  the  apices.  They  correspond  to  the  narrow  waists  of  the  contempo- 
rarv  female  attire. 


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No.  5b  No.  5c 

The  late  Tuscan  shield  exhibits  many  of  the  modifications  displayed  by 
the  earlier  form,  such  as  the  bending  over  of  the  apices,  or  rolling  them 
forward  or  backward  (5b)  in  the  form  of  scrolls,  or  giving  it  a  peaked  top. 
But  there  is  one  modification  which  is  a  novelty  and  of  importance.  This 
was  the  indenting  of  the  apices.  At  first  it  was  a  semicircular  cutting  as  in 
the  Troscia  arms  of  1520  (Fig.  222),  or  triangular  as  in  the  Sestini  arms 
(Fig.  232),  applied  either  to  all  the  apices  or,  as  in  Fig.  236,  to  the  head 
alone.  In  Fra  Mattia  della  Robbia's  altarpiece  of  1527  at  Montecassiano 
(Fig.  253)  the  indention  is  so  deep  and  the  twin  scrolls  so  marked  (No. 
5c)  as  to  recall  the  bicapitated  Imperial  eagle.  Our  latest  example  of  the 
late  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  269)  does  not  differ  greatly  from  the  earlier 
forms. 

7.     Baroque  Shields. 

These  post  date  the  Robbia  school  and  fall  outside  the  limits  of  this 
monograph.  In  many  cases  even  the  suggestion  of  a  shield  has  been 
abandoned.  In  some  instances,  however,  as  in  Fig.  271,  the  frame  still 
preserves  the  outline  and  the  indentations  of  the  late  Tuscan  shield. 

IV.     Tlic  Inscriptions. 

Coats  of  arms  in  Robbia  ware  were  made  for  various  purposes.  When 
a  nobleman  decorated  his  hall  or  his  courtyard  with  his  coat  of  arms, 
everyone  who  entered  his  palazzo  recognized  whose  arms  were  displayed 
before  him;  but  when  he  presented  an  altarpiece  to  a  church  he  often 
thought  it  advisable  to  record  the  gift  not  only  by  blazoning  his  arms  upon 
it,  but  also  by  means  of  an  inscription  (Figs.  45,  125,  195).  This  inscrip- 
tion was  usually,  but  not  always,  on  the  predella  of  the  altarpiece  and  con- 
tained the  donor's  name  and  the  date  of  his  gift. 

The  most  numerous  class  of  coats  of  arms  in  Robbia  ware  are  those 
which  are  set  up  on  the  fagades  of  civic  buildings  in  towns  where  noble 
Florentines  held  such  office  as  that  of  Podesta,  Vicario,  Capitano,  or  Com- 
missario.  These  coats  of  arms  would  be  valueless  as  records  did  they  not 
contain  the  names  of  the  officials  and  the  date  when  they  held  office.  The 
earliest  of  these  inscriptions  (Fig.  11)  is  in  form  the  simplest: 
^RVBERTOLIONI-^ 
>-  M  C  C  C  C  L  X  I  I  I 


IXTRODUCTION  xvii 

The  office  held  is  here  omitted,  but  :ifter  this  civic  stemmi  almost  invari- 
ably record  the  office  as  well  as  the  name  and  date. 

Two  or  more  names  of  the  same  family  may  be  recorded  in  the  same 
inscription  (Fig.  29).  and  sometimes  the  inscription  is  increased  in  length 
(Figs.  94,  95,  96,  116,  137).  Tn  the  case  of  rectangular  tablets  the  in- 
scriptions might  be  closely  associated  with  the  coat  of  arms  (Figs.  16,  19), 
but  in  the  case  of  medallions  they  were  usually  painted  and  enamelled  on 
separate  tablets.  The  latter,  following  the  tradition  of  marble  and  stone, 
were  unframed  (Figs.  17,  18,  75),  or  surrounded  by  a  plain  fillet  (Fig.  96) 
or  by  architectural  mouldings  of  simple  (Fig.  234)  or  more  elaborate 
(Figs.  263,  275)  design.  The  Roman  tabella  ansata  was  of  course  revived 
and  appears  either  independently  or  with  angels  or  putti  as  supporters 
(Figs,  yj,  137,  229).  Even  more  commonly  the  inscription  was  painted 
on  a  scroll,  unfolded  horizontally  beneath  the  coat  of  arms  (Fig.  22),  or 
curved,  especially  beneath  a  medallion  (Fig.  163).  A  winged  cherub  head 
with  outstretched  arms  may  hold  the  scroll  (Fig.  32),  or  hands  alone  or 
winged  putti  seated  on  clouds  (Fig.  44),  or  it  may  be  upheld  by  cherubs 
serving  as  consoles  (Fig.  251).  There  is  thus  considerable  variety  in  the 
manner  in  which  these  inscriptions  are  executed. 

The  forms  of  the  letters  were  seldom  of  the  mediaeval,  minuscular  or 
semi-Gothic  type  (Fig.  33,  79).  but  usually  of  Roman  form,  delicate  and 
slender  (Fig.  11,  35),  or  more  square  and  robust  (Figs.  45,  185).  I  am 
inclined  to  think  that  these  inscriptions  were  not  relegated,  as  some  sup- 
pose, to  professional  scribes  but  were  done  by  the  master  artists  or  their 
helpers.  In  Figs.  4  and  1 3  we  can  detect  Luca  della  Robbia's  independence 
and  originality,  in  Fig.  27  Andrea's  grace  and  refinement,  in  Fig.  229  the 
more  commonplace  ideals  of  Giovanni.  For  the  most  part,  however,  the 
lettering  may  have  been  done  by  anyone  of  the  many  assistants  employed 
by  the  master  artists. 

The  punctuation  points  are  not  uninteresting.  Some  of  these  appear  to 
be  of  lapidary  origin  and  may  have  been  taken  over  from  the  inscriptions 
on  stone  or  marble  tablets.  Others  are  such  as  occur  in  manuscripts  or  on 
the  inscribed  majolica  apothecary  jars,  made  in  Florence  and  elsewhere 
during  the  same  period.  It  will  suffice  to  enumerate  the  forms  which  are 
found  on  the  monuments  described  in  this  volume. 

(i)  ♦,  the  lozenge.  This  form  occurs  in  mediaeval  manuscripts  (M. 
Thompson,  Greek  and  Latin  Palacograpliy.  457),  and  in  Robbia  ware  as 
early  as  1463  (Fig.  11).  It  was  used  by  Andrea  della  Robbia  in  one  of 
his  best  known  altarpieces,  that  of  the  Annunciation  at  La  Verna. 

(2)  *,  a  modified  lozenge  used  in  1474  (Fig.  16)  and  later,  but  not 
common. 


xviii  ROBBIA  HERALDRY 

(3)  •,  a  dot  or  period,  used  in  1474  (Fig.  17),  and  employed  by  all  mem- 
bers of  the  Robbia  School. 

(4)  -♦•,  a  modification  of  the  lozenge,  used  by  Luca  della  Robbia  about 
1470  in  the  coat  of  arms  of  Rene  d'Anjou  (Fig.  13,  see  Strange,  Alphabets, 
p.  137),  and  a  favorite  form  with  Andrea  della  Robbia.  Sometimes  the 
centre  was  left  vacant  (Fig.  31). 

(5)  A,  ►,  the  triangle.  This  is  an  ancient  punctuation  mark  (see  Eg- 
bert, Latin  Inscriptions,  p.  70),  a  favorite  with  Benedetto  Buglioni  (Fig.  51, 
125)  who  used  it  in  the  more  ornamental  form  with  concave  outlines. 

(6)  +,  ■^,  the  cross.  The  form  with  straight  arms  was  used  by  Andrea 
della  Robbia  in  1477  (Fig.  30).  The  curved  form  was  a  favorite  with 
Giovanni  della  Robbia  from  1502  (Fig.  127,  133). 

(7)  '^^,  the  scroll.  Used  by  Giovanni  della  Robbia  in  1502  (Fig.  127) 
and  many  times  later,  as  a  terminal  mark  at  the  end  of  an  inscription. 

(8)  »Jr,  a  branch  with  leaves.  This  occurs  as  early  as  1478  (Fig.  28). 
A  fine  example  from  Andrea's  atelier  is  given  in  Fig.  31. 

(9)  ^,  -T,  the  flat  topped  comma  occurs  with  great  frec|uency  after  1508 
on  the  monuments  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia  and  the  arrow  head  on  the 
works  of  his  followers. 

These  marks  are  not  in  the  modern  grammatical  sense  punctuation  marks. 
They  do  not  indicate  to  the  reader  the  major  or  minor  clauses;  they  are 
rather  decorative  division  marks ;  at  the  beginning  or  at  the  end  of  an  in- 
scription, or  between  words,  and,  in  the  case  of  dates,  between  the  millen- 
iums,  centuries,  and  decades.  Historically  they  are  survivals  from  classic 
times.  Many  of  them  may  be  found  in  the  Early  Christian  inscriptions 
published  by  De  Rossi,  and  traced  through  mediaeval  manuscripts  to  early 
printed  books.  To  the  historian  of  Italian  sculpture  these  divisions  or 
punctuation  marks  may  be  of  assistance  in  making  attributions,  since  no 
one  master  used  them  all,  but  had  his  individual  preference  for  specific 
forms.  The  student  who  overlooks  them  will  have  no  sense  of  the  value 
of  little  things. 


II.     CATALOGUE  OF  HERALDIC  MONUMENTS 


II.     CATALOGUE  OF  HERALDIC  MONUMENTS 


1  EMBLEM  OF  THE  HOSPITAL  OF  S.  MARIA  NUOVA.     1441- 

1443.    Peretola,  S.  Maria.  Photos.,  Alinari,  3724;  Brogi,  5841,  5841a. 

The  emblem  of  the  Hospital  of  S.  Maria  Nuova  (Fig.  i),  was  a  crutch. 
This  is  found  three  times  on  the  marble  ciborio  made  for  that  hospital  by 
Luca  della  Robbia  in  1441-1443:  (i)  and  (2)  in  the  two  spandrels  of  the 
arch,  in  white  marble  on  fluted  disks,  and  (3)  on  the  predella  in  glazed 
terra-cotta  where  with  green  staff  and  violet  handle  it  is  set  in  a  white 
quatrefoil  against  a  blue  background.  The  tinctures  on  such  emblems  as 
this  are  likely  to  have  had  no  heraldic  fixedness,  although  we  note  at  the 
Ceppo  Hospital,  Pistoia,  that  the  crutch  of  S.  Maria  Nuova  is  also  green 
with  brown  handle  on  a  blue  ground. 

By  Luca  della  Robbia,  documented. 

Bibl. : 

M.,  L.  D.  R.,  61-66. 

2  STEMMA  AND  EMBLEMS  OF  PIERO  DE'MEDICI.    1448.   Flor- 

ence, S.  Miniato.  Cappella  del  Sacramento.     Photos.,  Alinari,  3365- 
3365a;  Brogi,  4993. 

On  June  27,  1447,  the  Arte  di  Calimala  granted  to  "a  citizen  of  im- 
portance" permission  to  erect  a  costly  marble  tabernacle  in  S.  Miniato  al 
Monte,  but  only  their  own  stemma  was  to  be  displayed.  Their  emblem  con- 
sisted of  an  eagle  clutching  a  bale  of  cloth,  represented  here  by  two  bronze 
acroteria  executed  by  Maso  di  Bartolommeo  from  January  28,  1448,  to 
April  22,  1449.  On  June  10,  1448,  the  "citizen  of  importance,"  Piero  di 
Cosimo  de'Medici,  was  permitted  to  have  his  own  arms  introduced.  Hence 
the  lateral  acroteria,  in  circular  form,  were  carved  and  painted  with  the 
seven  Medici  balls.  Medici  emblems  (Fig.  2),  the  three  feathers,  ring, 
and  motto  SEMPER,  are  also  executed  in  the  marble  frieze  against  a  dark 
verde  di  Prato  background.  On  the  rear  of  the  tabernacle  is  a  medallion 
of  marble  displaying  Piero's  individual  emblem,  a  falcon  holding  a  ring, 
as  well  as  the  motto  SEMPER. 

3 


4  ROBBIA  HERALDRY 

The  Medici  balls,  or  pellets,  varied  in  number.  Originally  they  were 
eight.  Cosimo  reduced  them  to  seven ;  Piero  changed  the  tincture  of  one 
of  the  balls  from  gules  to  azure  and  charged  it  on  the  authority  of  Louis 


i^IG.    I.      S.    AI.ARIA    NU0V.\    HoSPIT-VL. 


XI  with  three  fleurs-de-lys  or;  Lorenzo  reduced  the  number  to  six :  five 

gules  and  one  azure.    On  this  monument  the  tinctures  have  now  worn  away. 

Piero  di  Cosimo  di  Giovanni  de'Medici   (1416-1469)   was  a  Prior  of 

Florence  in  1448,  ambassador  to  Francesco  Sforza  in  1450,  to  Venice  in 


Fk;.  2.     Medici  Emblems. 


6  ROBBIA  HERALDRY 

1454,  Gonfaloniere  in  1461,  and  ruler  of  Florence  1464-1469.     He  was  a 
patron  of  the  fine  arts. 

Tabernacle  by  Michelozzo.    Decorations  by  Luca  della  Robbia  and  Maso 
di  Bartolommeo. 


Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Aledici;  Litta  VI,  s.v.  Medici,  Tav.  8;  M.,  L.  D.  R.,  85-89; 
W.,  153;  Young,  The  Medici,  I,  ch.  6. 

3     STEMMA  OF  BENOZZO  FEDERIGHI.     1455-1456.     Florence,  S. 
Trinita.     Photos.,  Alinari,  1396-1399;  Brogi,  4664-4667. 

On  the  terra-cotta  frame  of  the  tomb  of  Benozzo  Federighi,  at  the  upper 
corners,  set  in  circular  disks  (Fig.  3)  are  the  arms  of  the  Federighi  fam- 
ily: Azure,  eight  plates,  two,  three,  two,  and  one,  argent.     On  arranging 


Fig.  3.    Bexozzo   Federighi. 

the  plates  within  a  circle  the  lowermost  would  be  almost  necessarily  omit- 
ted, hence  here  are  only  seven  plates.  In  Italian  heraldry  such  modifica- 
tions in  a  coat  of  arms  are  not  infrequent.     Benozzo  Federighi  belonged 


Fig.  4.     Impruneta. 


8  ROBBIA  HERALDRY 

to  a  family  well  represented  in  the  high  offices  of  Florence.  He  himself 
was  a  Florentine  Canonico,  a  Protonario  Apostolico,  and  Bishop  of  Fie- 
sole.     He  died  in  1450. 

By  Luca  della  Robbia,  documented. 

Bibl.  : 

C,  s.v.  Federighi;  M.,  L.  D.  R.,  122-130;  P.,  406;  W.,  139. 

4     EMBLEM  OF  IMPRUNETA.     1450-1460.     Impruneta,  Pieve  di  S. 
Maria.     Photos.,  Alinari,  17005,  17007;  Brogi,  9890. 

The  church  at  Impruneta  was  originally  known  as  S.  Maria  in  Pineta 
or  St.  Mary  in  the  Pines.  The  phrase  In  Pineta  became  corrupted  into 
Impruneta.    There  are  two  beautiful  tabernacles  in  the  decoration  of  which 


Fig.  5.     Impruneta. 

Luca  della  Robbia  ingeniously  introduced  the  pine  cone.  It  occurs  in  re- 
lief in  the  ceiling  of  each  chapel  and  in  enamel  painting  in  the  base  of  the 
Tabernacle  of  the  Holy  Cross  (Figs.  4-5).  In  each  case  the  pine  cones 
are  not  obtrusively  displayed,  but  are  subordinated  to  the  general  decorative 
scheme. 

By  Luca  della  Robbia. 


Bibl. : 

M.,  L.  D.  R.,  136-152. 

5     STEMMA  OF  THE  SILK  MERCHANTS.     1450-1460.     Florence, 
Or  San  Michele.     Photos.,  Alinari,  3439;  Brogi,  4658. 

The  Stemma  of  the  Arte  della  Seta,  known  also  as  the  Arte  di  Por  Santa 
Maria,  was:  Argent,  a  doorway  argent  surrounded  by  stonework  gules 
(Fig.  6). 

Here  possibly  for  the  first  time  did  Luca  della  Robbia  evolve  his  formula 
for  coats  of  arms,  which  was  followed  by  all  his  successors.     It  consists  of 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY  9 

a  circular  disk  containing  the  shield  with  its  emblems  and  surrounded  by  a 
fruit  garland.  The  white  shield  is  here  nearly  oval,  a  popular  form  for 
Robbia  shields  for  some  decades  to  come;  the  doorway  is  also  white  and 
is  surrounded  by  violet  framework.  Very  charming  are  the  winged  putti 
who  act  as  supporters.     The  garland  is  composed  in  an  unusual  manner, 


Fig.  6.     Silk  Merchants. 

in  successive  bunches  of  two,  varying  at  more  or  less  regular  intervals  from 
dark  to  light  coloured  fruit.     This  composition  broke  up  the  wreath  into 
too  many  indi\-idual  units  and  was  probably  for  this  reason  not  used  again. 
By  Luca  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

M.,  L.  D.  R.,  134-136;  Staley,  204-235. 

6     STEMMA    OF    THE    PHYSICIANS    AND    APOTHECARIES. 
1450-1460.     Florence,  Or  San  Michele.     Photo.,  Alinari,  4657. 


Within  a  stone  framework  is  set  the  stemma  or  emblem  of  the  Arte  dei 
Medici  e  Speziali :  Azure,  a  Madonna  polychrome  in  a  tabernacle  sur- 
rounded by  lilies  (Fig.  7). 

Here  Luca  della  Robbia  for  the  first  time  was  called  on  to  produce  a 
polychromatic  figure  in  enamelled  terra-cotta.  The  Madonna's  hair  is  golden 


10 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


yellow,  her  face  flesh  colour,  her  eyes  have  gray-blue  irises,  dark  blue 
brows,  lashes  and  pupils ;  her  robe  is  violet  with  yellow  neckband  and  green 
sleeves;  her  mantle  blue,  lined  green.     She  is  seated  on  a  bluish-green 


Fig.  7.    Physicians  and  Surgeons. 

bench.    The  immediate  background  shows  an  elaborate  all-over  pattern  of 
quatrefoils  and  fern  leaves.     She  is  set  in  an  arched  tabernacle  flanked  by 
green  lily  stalks  with  white  lilies  set  against  an  azure  background. 
By  Luca  della  Robbia. 


Bibl. : 
M.,  L. 


D.  R.,  130-132;  Staley,  236-273. 


7     STEMMA  OF  THE  STONE  MASONS  AND  WOOD  CARVERS. 
1450-1460.     Florence,  Or  San  Michele.     Photo.,  Alinari,  3441. 

The  Stemma  of  the  Arte  dei  Maestri  di  Pietra  e  di  Legname  was :  Gtiles, 
an  axe  argent.  Here  Luca  has  elaborated  the  theme,  introducing  besides 
the  axe  other  symbols  (Fig.  8). 

The  axe  blade  white  (for  argent)  with  handle  yellow  (for  or)  is  set 
on  a  violet  (for  gules)  background  beautifully  decorated  with  fern  scrolls. 
The  central  disk  is  framed  by  a  guilloche,  the  strands  of  which  are  coloured 
in  three  shades  of  blue  and  set  against  a  golden  ground.  At  the  vertical 
and  horizontal  axes  of  the  medallion  the  guilloche  breaks  into  smaller 


KiG.  8.     Stone   Masons. 

circles  enclosing  a  blue  trowel,  hammer  and  chisels   for  the  mwatori  e 
scarpellini,  and  compasses  and  T-square  for  the  architctfi.    The  trapezoidal 
spaces  between  the  smaller  circles  are  decorated  with  green  plants  with 
five-petalled  flowers  of  three  shades  of  blue,  set  on  a  golden  ground. 
By  Luca  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

M.,  L.  D.  R.,  132-134;  Staley,  320-243. 


8    steaijma  of  the  MERCANZIA. 

Michele.     Photo.,  Alinari,  3443. 


1463.      Florence,    Or    San 


The  central  organization  of  the  various  guilds  was  known  as  the  Mer- 
can::ia  or  the  Universita  dcgli  Arti.  It  served  for  a  Supreme  Court,  also  as 
a  Chamber  of  Commerce.  Its  "signum  et  arma"  was:  Argent,  a  fleur-de- 
lys  seeded  gules  set  above  a  corded  bale  argent  (Fig.  9).  This  is  here 
displayed  on  an  oval  shield  set  against  a  fluted,  blue  disk,  the  arrises  of  the 
flutes  being  grooved.  The  frame  consists  of  narrow  leaf  and  dart  mould- 
ing, beyond  which  is  a  garland  of  fruit  interspersed  witli  flowers.     The 


Fig.  9.     Mercanzia. 

garland  is  divided  into  sixteen  bunches  tied  by  narrow  blue  bands.     The 
fruit  is  arranged  in  various  ways,  three  abreast  being  the  most  frequent. 
By  Luca  della  Robbia,  documented. 

Bibl. : 

M.,  L.  D.  R.,  180-183. 


9  STEMMA  OF  JACOPO  DA  PORTOGALLO.  1461-1466.  Flor- 
ence, S.  Miniato  al  Monte.  Cappella  di  S.  Jacopo.  Photos.,  Alinari, 
3381 ;  Brogi,  5392. 

On  the  ceiling  of  the  Portogallo  chapel  at  S.  Miniato,  in  four  medallions 
are  represented  the  four  cardinal  virtues.     Fortitude  bears  an  oval  shield 


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on  whicli  are  displayed  the  arms  of  the  young  cardinal  Jacopo  da  Porto- 
gallo  (Fig.  10).  These  are  quartered:  (i)  and  (4),  Argent,  a  cross  of 
five  small  shields  actirc.  each  shield  charged  with  five  plates  argent,  the 


Fig  10.    Jacopo  da  Portogallo. 

whole  with  a  bordure  of  castles  or  and  fleurs-de-lys  vert;  (2)   and   (3) 
with  the  arms  of  Aragon:  Or,  four  pallets  gules. 
By  Luca  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

M.,  L.  D.  R.,  178-179. 

10     STEMMA  OF  ROBERTO  LIONI.      1463.     S.  Giovanni   in   Val- 
darno,  Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,  Alinari,  9845. 


On  the  exterior  of  the  Palazzo  Pretorio  at  S.  Giovanni  in  Valdarno  there 
are  twenty-one  coats  of  arms  in  Robbia  ware  of  officials  known  as  Vicarius 
or  Commissarius.  The  earliest  of  these  is  the  stemma  of  Roberto  Lioni 
who  held  the  office  in  1463  (Fig.  11).  His  arms  consist  of:  Or,  a  bend 
gtdcs  accompanied  by  two  lions  passant  of  the  same.  Here  they  are  set 
on  an  oval  shield  without  a  frame. 

Below  is  a  horizontal  scroll  inscribed  in  tall  letters  and  punctuated  with 
rhombs : 

♦  RUBERTO  ♦  LIONI  ♦ 
MCCCCLXIII  ♦ 


Fig.  II.     Roberto  Lioni. 

Roberto  di  Francesco  di  Biagio  Lioni  of  Florence  was  a  Prior  five  times 
and  Gonfaloniere  three  times  between  1460  and  1484. 
By  Luca  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Lioni;  M.,  L.  D.  R.,  245-246;  P.,  414-415    (This  Priorista 
gives  the  arms  as  Azure,  a  bend  gulcs  and  the  two  Hons  or) . 

11  STEMMA  OF  FRANCESCO  DI  TOMMASO  SASSETTL  c. 
1465.  BerHn,  Kaiser  Friedrich  Museum,  No.  98  (L  147).  Photo., 
Berlin  Museum. 


At  either  end  of  the  predella  of  the  Varramista  altarpiece  in  the  Berlin 
Museum  is  an  oval  shield  containing  the  Sassetti  arms:  Argent,  a  bend 


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aciirc  timbriated  or  (,Fig.  12).  Tlic  altarpiccc  represents  SS.  Francesco 
and  Cosma  standing  beside  the  Madonna.  These  saints  were  the  patrony- 
mic saints  of  I'Vancesco  Sassetti  and  of  his  son  Cosimo. 

Francesco  di  Tommaso  Sassetti  was  a  Prior  in   Florence  in   1460  and 


r    '\  'V  IV   'V  JV  'V   'V  JV    '\    'V  .'VlL^'VJJS 


■'4jt.^.i, 


FlG.  12.     Fr.\.vcesco  S.\ssetti. 

renovated  the  Sassetti  chapel  in  S.  Trinita  in  i486.  His  son  Cosimo  was 
probably  named  from  Cosimo  de'  Medici  who  died  in  1464.  He  became  a 
Prior  in  1503,  1523,  1524,  and  1527.  The  style  of  the  altarpiece  makes  it 
likely  that  it  was  set  up  by  Francesco  as  a  thank  offering  after  the  birth  of 
his  son  (c.  1465). 


Bibl. 


B.,  /.  k.  p.  K.,  Vn  (1886),  206-210:  Dcnk.,  83-84.  Taf.  26;  C.  s.v. 
Sassetti:  P.,  842-843  :  K..  /).  A'. .  204-205  :  .SV.  Pi.  111.  175-176;  Schott- 
miiller,  42-43,  No.  98:  \'..  \'I.  580.  Fig.  396:  W..  173. 


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12  STEMMA  OF  RENfi  d'ANJOU.  c.  1470.  London,  Victoria  and 
Albert  Museum,  No.  6740-'6o.  Photo.,  Museum. 
This  fine  medalHon  (Eig.  13),  originally  in  the  Pazzi  \'illa  at  Eiesole, 
came  into  possession  of  the  Victoria  and  Albert  Museum  in  i860.  It  rep- 
resents the  arms  and  insignia  of  King  Rene  of  Anjou,  pretender  to  the 
thrones  of  Naples  and  Sicily.  Rene  had  visited  Andrea  dei  Pazzi  in  1442, 
stood  godfather  to  a  son  of  Piero  dei  Pazzi  who  bore  his  name  Renato, 
made  Andrea  a  knight,  and  in  1453  received  Jacopo  dei  Pazzi  into  the 
Order  of  the  Crescent.  As  Paul  Durrieu  has  proved  that  Rene's  arms  as 
here  displayed  were  used  only  between  the  years  1466  and  1480,  we  may 


Fig.  13.     Rene  d'Anjou. 


assign  this  medallion  to  this  period — or  still  more  accurately  to  the  period 
between  1466,  when  Rene  accepted  the  throne  of  Aragon,  and  1478,  when 
Jacopo  dei  Pazzi  was  put  to  death.  The  medallion  is  a  masterpiece  by 
Luca  della  Robbia. 


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The  arms  and  otlicr  insiyiiia  are  set  uptJii  a  fine  green  background.  Be- 
low the  centre  of  the  medallion  on  a  French  shield  are  displayed  Rene's 
arms.  The  chief  or  upper  portion  of  the  shield  displays  Rene's  royal 
claims,  inherited  after  the  death  of  his  elder  brother,  Louis  III  (1434) 
and  of  Giovanna  of  Naples  (1435),  to  tlic  kingdoms  of  Hungary,  Sicily 
and  Jerusalem.  The  arms  of  Hungary  occupy  the  first  place :  Barry  argent 
and  gules;  next  those  of  Sicily  (ancien  Anjou)  :  Azure  seme  with  fleurs-de- 
lys  or,  with  a  label  of  five  points  gules;  and  third  those  of  Jerusalem: 
Argent  a  cross  potent  accompanied  by  four  crosslets  or.  The  base  or 
lower  portion  of  the  shield  displays  first  the  arms  of  Anjou  moderne 
(duche)  :  Azure  same  with  Jleurs-de-lys  or,  with  a  bordure  gules;  and  next 
the  arms  of  Bar:  Azure  seme  with  crosslets  fitched  and  two  barbels  or. 
The  Duchy  of  Anjou  was  inherited  by  Rene  from  his  father,  that  of  Bar 
from  his  maternal  grand-uncle  Cardinal  Louis.  The  inescutcheon  with 
the  arms  of  tlie  house  of  Aragon,  Or,  four  pallets  gules,  could  occur  only 
after  1466. 

Below  the  shield  is  a  crescent  inscribed  Los  en  croissant,  emblematic  of 
the  Order  of  the  Crescent  which  Rene  introduced  into  Italy  in  1448.  The 
shield  is  flanked  by  braziers  emitting  violet  flames  and  supporting  a  scroll 
inscribed  Dardant  ;♦;  Desir  ^  a  device  and  motto  long  borne  by  Rene. 
The  crest  consists  of  a  royal  helmet  or,  surmounted  by  a  fleur-de-lys  and  two 
Aragonese  dragon  wings  or  and  gules,  and  supporting  a  royal  mantle  lined 
with  ermine  and  decorated  with  golden  fleurs-de-lys.  At  the  summit  of 
the  medallion  are  the  rustic  letters  IR,  usually  interpreted  Isabelle  (Rene's 
first  wife)  and  Rene.  At  this  period  however,  Rene  was  married  to  Jeanne 
de  Laval,  so  the  initial  is  properly  hers. 

This  medallion  is  surrounded  by  a  bordure  gules  raguly  argent,  probably 
a  mere  decoration.  The  frame  consists  of  a  beautiful  garland  between  a 
leaf  and  dart  (inner)  and  egg  and  dart  (outer)  moulding.  The  garland 
consists  of  seven  kinds  of  fruit  (no  flowers),  each  variety  being  represented 
by  four  bunches  variously  composed,  alternately  light  and  dark  in  colour, 
tied  by  narrow  white  bands,  and  in  motion,  following  that  of  the  hands  of 
a  clock.     Both  modelling  and  colouring  are  exceptionally  fine. 

By  Luca  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

M.,  L.  D.  R.,  202-205. 

13     STEMMA  OF  AGNIOLO  DI  XERI  VETTORT.     1470.     Poppi, 
Palazzo  Pretorio. 

The  Vettori  family,  between  the  years  1320  and  1531,  gave  to  Florence 


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five  Gonfalonieri  and  forty-three  Priors.  Neri's  branch  of  the  family  in- 
ckided,  besides  Agniolo  the  Vicario  of  Poppi  in  1470,  Andrea,  who  became 
podesta  of  Padua  and  then  of  Verona,  and  Piero,  a  celebrated  professor 
of  classic  literature  in  the  University  of  Florence.  The  arms  displayed  on 
an  oval  shield  are:  Argent  (base)  and  sable  (chief),  separated  by  a  bend 
asiire  charged  with  four  fleurs-de-lys  or. 
Below  is  an  inscription : 

ANGNIOLO  DI 

NERI  VETTORI 

V(ICARI)0     1470 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Vettori. 

14  STEMMA  OF  THE  OSPITALIERI  AND  OF  THE  MARCHESE 
CAPPONI.  1472.  Pescia,  Palazzo  Episcopale,  Cappella.  Photo., 
Private. 


On  the  predella  of  the  altarpiece  now  in  the  chapel  of  the  episcopal  palace 
at  Pescia  are  ( i )  the  arms  of  the  Ospitalieri  of  Altopascio :  Asiire,  a  Tau 


1^ 


LAPPONI. 


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Cross  argent,  and  (2)  those  of  the  ]\Iarchese  Capponi :  Per  bend  argent 
(base)  and  sable  (chief)  (Fig.  14).  This  altarpicce  is  said  to  have  been 
transferred  from  the  church  of  S.  Pietro  in  Campo,  and  may  originally 
have  been  in  S.  Jacopo  at  Altopascio.  Both  i>i'  ihcse  churches  were  ceded 
by  the  Pope  to  the  Marchese  Capponi  in  1472.  Soon  after  this  date  the 
altarpiece  was  doubtless  erected.  Lorenzo  di  Gino  Capponi  was  \^icario  at 
Pescia  in  1461. 

Atelier  of  Luca  dclla  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

M.,  L.  D.  R..  211-213. 

15     STEMMA   OF  LODOVICO   DI   TADDEO   DELL'   ANTELLA. 
1473.     Galluzzo,  Palazzo  del  Podesta.     Photo.,  Private. 

This  family,  originally  from  Germany,  became  established  in  the  village 


loix^vicrrf 

i  1)1  lAnnHOj 

dci.lAthmj 

Fig.  15.     LoDovico   Antell.^. 


Fig.  16.     Bern.\ri)o  M.\rtellini. 


of  Antella  and  later  in  Florence.     On  a  rectangular  tablet  is  set  a  pointed 
oval  shield  argent,  displaying  a  chevron  gules  (Fig.  15). 
Below  is  a  tablet  inscribed : 

LODOVICO  ♦ 
DI TADDEO  ♦ 
DELL  A(N)TELLA  ♦ 
PO(DESTA)  ♦  :\ICCCCLXXIII 
Lodovico  was  one  of  the  Priors  of  Florence  in   1460. 

Bibl. : 

Carocci,  Galluzzo,  39;  C,  s.v.  Antella;  P.,  51-54;  \\'.,  125. 

16     STEMMA  OF  BERNARDO  d'AGNIOLO  MARTELLINI. 
Galluzzo,  Palazzo  del  Podesta.     Photo.,  Private. 


1474. 


The  Martellini  family  came  from  Sprugnano  in  the  Casentino.  Esau 
and  his  son  Angelo  both  held  the  office  of  Commissario  di  Guerra  in  the 
Casentino.    Bernardo  was  Podesta  at  Galluzzo  in  1474  and  his  son  Antonio 


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a  Prior  of  Florence  in  1520.  The  arms  (Fig.  16),  set  in  a  rectangular 
frame  with  a  green  border,  display  on  an  oval  shield  giilcs  a  stag  rampant 
argent. 

Below  is  the  inscription: 

BERNARDO  >  D'AGNI 
OLO  -^  D'ISAV  >  MARTELI 
NI  4  PO(DESTA)     1474  *  «? 

Bibl. : 

Carocci,  Gallnzzo,  39;  C,  s.v.  Martellini  della  Cerva. 


17     STEMMA  OF  MATTEO  PALMIERI.     1474.     Volterra,  Palazzo 
dei  Priori  or  Palazzo  Comunale.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  frame  of  plain,  architectural  mouldings,  set  against  a  blue, 
•fluted  disk  is  an  oval  shield  (Fig.  17)  bearing  the  Palmieri  arms:  Gules, 
two  palms  in  saltire  z'crt  between  two  lions  combatant  or. 


Fig.  17.     M.\TTEO    Palmieri. 

Below  is  a  rectangular  tablet  inscribed : 

MATTHEO  PALMERIO 
POST  RECTAM  LIBERE 
CIVITATE(M)  PRETORI-  11°  •  FT 
COMMISSARIO-  SALVTIS 
ANNO-  MCCCCLXXIIir  • 


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21 


Matteo  di  Marco  di  Antonio  Palmieri  (1405-1475)  apothecary,  historian, 
poet,  ambassador,  was  Prior  of  Florence  in  1445,  Gonfaloniere  in  1453, 
Ambassador  to  Naples  in  1455.  to  Rome  in  1466  and  1473,  '^"'1  Prior  again 
in  1468.  After  its  capture  in  1472,  Volterra  was  ruled  by  I'lorentine  cap- 
tains and  commissaries.  A  Podesta  was  elected  by  the  Florentines  resi- 
dent in  \'olterra.  The  second  to  hold  this  office,  as  the  inscription  indi- 
cates, was  Matteo  Palmieri  in  1474. 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Palmieri;  P.,  744-745;  Repetti,  s.v.  Volterra;  W.,  161. 

18     STEMMA  OF  ANTONIO  DI  LORENZO   BUONDELMONTI. 

1475.     S.  Giovanni  in  ^''aldarno,  Palazzo  Pretorio.     Phi^to..  Alinari, 

9845- 

Antonio  di  Lorenzo  Buondelmonti  was  born  August  15,  1425,  and  died 
in  1504.     He  had  been  a  Prior  of  Florence  in   1467,  one  of  the  twelve 


ZO^DIMESSER/TDREA 
k  BVONDEL/  AONTI-DEIIO) 

TEBVONI-^-/t7fNt7i^ 

'^^  II---    -      M.— I 


Fr;.  18.    Antonio  Buondelmonti. 


Buonomini  in  1466,  became  Vicario  of  S.  Giovanni  in  Valdarno  in  1474 
and  1475,  and  held  various  other  offices  later. 

On  a  pointed  oval  shield   (Fig.   18)   Per  fess  asurc  and  argent  is  sur- 
charged a  kite  shaped  shield  argent  displa}ing  a  cross  of  Calvary  gules  on 


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a  mount  of  six  tops  azure.  The  circular  frame  is  noteworthy  in  containing 
a  single  file  of  fruit,  pine  cones  and  quinces,  in  colour  alternately  dark  and 
light. 

A  rectangular  tablet  below  is  inscribed : 

ANTONIO  ♦  DI  LOREN 
ZO  4'  DI  MESSER  A(N)DREA 
BUONDELMONTI  +  DE  MON 
TEBUONI  +  V(ICARI)0  ♦  1474  +  1475  >- 
Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Bondelmonti ;  Litta,  s.v.  Buondelmonti,  Tav.  10,  P.,  827-828. 

19     STEMMA  OF  ANTONIO  DEL  NERO.     1475.     Galluzzo,  Palazzo 
del  Podesta.     Photo.,  Private. 

This  much  battered  stemma  may  be  restored  by  means  of  the  records, 
which  show  that  Antonio  del  Nero  di  Filippo  del  Nero  held  the  office  of 


Fig.  19.     Antonio  del  Nero. 

Podesta  at  Galluzzo  in  1475.     The  arms  (Eig.   19)   should  be:    Sable,  a 
hound  salient  argent,  collared  gules.    Antonio  del  Nero  di  Filippo  del  Nero 
w'as  Prior  of  Florence  in  1469. 
Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 


Document : 
"Pot(est)as  s(an)c(t)e  Marie  inprunete  cum 

Tribus  notarijs  cum  salario 

Quattuor  famul.  librarum  Septin- 

uno  equo  gentarum  ad(i)c(t)a 

pot(est)aria 
Antonius  delnero  filippi  delnero-71-22  junij-1475" 


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[Arcliiv.  <lel  Stato,  Registrum  Jixtrinsecormii  147J-1491  segnato  Trat- 
te  No.  69  c.  71.  In  the  index  this  podesteria  is  indexed  as  p  Sancte  M* 
inpninete  sive  Ghalhizzi.] 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Nero  di  Firenze;  P.,  656-057. 

20  STEMMA  OF  JACOPO  DEI  PAZZI  AND  OF  MADDALENA 
DEI  SERRISTORI.  c.  1475.  Florence,  Palazzo  Serristori.  Photos., 
Alinari,  17040;  Brogi,  13279. 

These  two  stemmi  once  decorated  the  Palazzo  Qnaratesi,  but  in  1899 
were  removed  to  the  Palazzo  Serristori.  They  contain  the  Pazzi  and  the 
Serristori  arms,  and  may  have  been  ordered  of  Luca  della  Robbia  to  cele- 
brate the  marriage  of  Jacopo  dei  Pazzi  and  Maddalena  dei  Serristori  which 
took  ])lace  in  1446.  However,  beneath  the  Pazzi  arms,  we  find  a  crescent, 
the  emblem  of  the  Order  of  the  Crescent,  established  in  Italy  by  Rene 
d'Anjou  in  1448.  As  Jacopo  dei  Pazzi  did  not  become  a  member  of  this 
order  until  1453,  this  stemma  of  his  was  probably  not  made  until  after 
his  initiation  into  the  Order.  These  stemmi  were  certainly  made  before 
1478  when  Jacopo  was  put  to  death,  his  palace  confiscated  and  sold,  and 
his  wife  retired  to  a  convent. 

I.   Stemma  of  Jacopo  dei  Pazzi. 

The  Pazzi  arms  are :  Azure  seme  of  five  crosslets,  botonny,  fitched  or. 
two  dolphins,  hauriant,  embowed,  addorsed,  or;  in  chief  a  label  of  Anjou 


Fig  20.    Jacoi'o  uei  Pazzi. 


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of  four  points  gules,  enclosing  three  fleurs-de-lys  or.  These  are  displayed 
on  an  azure,  kite  shaped  shield  (Fig.  20),  which  is  set  against  a  mottled 
violet  disk.    Below  the  shield  is  a  yellow  crescent. 

The  frame  consists  of  a  garland  of  fruit  set  between  tgg  and  dart 
mouldings.  Flowers  appear  in  one  section  only.  It  was  baked  in  eight 
divisions,  the  joints  of  which  are  practically  concealed  by  ribbons  which 
cross  the  entire  frame.  The  divisions  are  equal  in  size  and  each  contains 
one  kind  of  fruit.  The  groups  of  fruit  are  alternately  dark  and  light  in 
rhythmic  sequence  and  are  variously,  not  monotonously,  composed. 

By  Luca  della  Robbia. 

2.  Stemma  of  Maddelena  dei  Serristori. 

The  Serristori  arms  are :  Azure,  a  f ess  argent  accompanied  by  three  mul- 
lets of  eight  points  or;  in  chief  a  label  of  Anjou  of  four  points  gules,  en- 
closing three  fleurs-de-lys  or.  Here  they  are  displayed  on  a  kite  shaped 
shield  (Fig.  21),  set  against  a  green  fluted  disk.  The  polychromatic  gar- 
land of  fruit  is  divided  into  eight  sections,  marked  not  by  ribbons,  but  by 


Fig.  21.     Maddalena   Serristori. 


leaves  which  overlap  the  inner  and  outer  egg  and  dart  mouldings.     The 
fruit  is  composed  in  irregular  bunches  bound  together  at  unequal  intervals. 
By  Luca  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

M.,  L.  D.  R.,  161-164. 


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21     STEMMA  OF  LIONARDO  DI  FRANCESCO  TORNABUONI. 

1475.    S.  Giovanni  in  Valdarno,  Palazzo  Pretorio.    Plioto.,  Private. 

Within  a  rectangular  tablet  framed  with  an  egg  and  dart  moulding  and 
set  on  a  background  quartered  i  and  4  gidcs.  an  eagle  on  a  globe  or,  2  and 
3  argent  and  vert  per  pale  raguly  giilcs,  is  a  kite  shaped  shield  (Fig.  22) 


Fig.  22.    LioNARDO   Tuknablum. 

bearing  the  Tornabuoni  stemma :  Per  saltire  or  and  vert,  a  lion  rampant 
counterchanged ;  over  all,  an  inescutcheon  of  the  People  of  Florence  {ar- 
gent, a  cross  gules). 

Below  is  a  horizontal  scroll  inscribed : 

LIONARDO  +  DI  FRANCESCO 
TORNABUONI  >  V(ICARI)0  ^   1475  ^ 
Lionardo,  son  of  Francesco  di  Simone  Tornabuoni  and  of  Selvaggia  di 
Maso  degli  Alessandri,  was  Prior  in  Florence  in  1469,  and  died  in  1492. 
Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 


Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Tornabuoni;  Litta,  vol.  IX;  P.,  112-114;  W.,  178-179. 

22  EMBLEMS  OF  THE  STONE  MASONS  AND  WOOD  CARV- 
ERS. 1475.  Florence,  Museo  Nazionale,  No.  74.  Photos.,  Alinari, 
2761 ;  Brogi,  4448. 

On  March  4,  1475  (o.s.  1474),  the  consuls  of  the  Arte  dei  Maestri  di 
Pietra  e  di  Legname  commissioned  Andrea  della  Robbia  to  make  a  Ma- 
donna to  replace  an  antiquated  one  in  their  audience  chamber.  This  Ma- 
donna is  reasonably  supposed  to  be  now  in  the  Museo  Nazionale,  No.  74. 
On  the  base  of  the  frame  are  four  medallions  containing  the  four  emblems 


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Fig.  23.    Stone  Masons. 

of  the  guild,  the  square,  the  axe,  the  hammer,  and  the  trowel  (Fig.  23). 
The  implements  are  blue,  their  handles  yellow  and  they  are  set  against  a 
violet  ground.  Between  1469  and  1525  Andrea  della  Robbia  served  more 
than  thirty  times  on  the  council  of  this  guild,  three  times  as  Syndic,  and 
once  as  Treasurer. 

By  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C-M.,  108,  215  no.  60;  Cr.,  181;  Mesnil,  Misc.  d'Artc,  1903,  208-210 
(Doc);  R.,  D.  R.,  166-167;  Sc.  FI.,  Ill,  157;  S.,  iii.  Abb.  118; 
Supino,  451,  No.  74. 


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23     STEMMA  OF  THE  CONVENTU  DEL  T  (?).    c.  1475.    Pescia, 
Piazza  Vittorio  Emannele,  61.     Plioto.,  Private. 

Within  a  wreath  of  fruit  arranged  in  .single  file  ami  in  pairs,  enclosed 
by  plain  architectural  moulding,  set  against  a  blue  fluted  disk  is  an  oval 
shield,  bearing  a  coat  of  arms,  said  by  local  archaeologists  to  be  that  of  the 
Conventu  del  T  (Fig.  24).  A  white  Tau  cross  was  the  emblem  of  the 
order  of  the  Osiiitalieri  and  the  (Onx'cntu  del  T  nia\'  lia\'e  been  one  of  the 


Fig.  24.     CoNVEXTU  del  T. 

dependencies.  The  Tau  cross  is  here  set  on  the  stemma :  Per  bend  argent 
(base)  and  sable  (chief).  The  tinctures  were  reported  to  me  first  as  sable 
and  argent;  by  a  second  observer,  as  assure  and  argent.  On  the  altarpiece 
of  the  Episcopal  Palace  at  Pescia  we  find  two  stemmi,  dexter  with  the  Tau 
cross,  sinister,  with  the  sable  and  argent.  Here  they  are  combined  in  one 
and  would  seem  to  be  either  the  arms  of  a  Marchese  Capponi,  chief  officer 
of  the  Ospitalieri,  or  perhaps  the  arms  of  some  hospital  of  which  the  Cap- 
poni family  were  the  chief  patrons.  It  is  possible  that  the  Tau  cross  should 
be  interpreted  as  a  crutch,  the  emblem  of  the  parent  hospital  S.  Maria 
Nuova  of  Florence. 

Bihl. : 

C,  s.v.  Capponi;  Cr.,  351  ;  ;\I.,  L.  D.  R.,  211-213;  P.  O.  B.,  Istoria 
della  citta  di  Pescia;  Repetti,  s.v.  Altopascio;  W.,  133. 


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24     CREST  OF  BRACCIO  II  BAGLIONI.    c.  1475.     Assisi,  S.  Maria 
degli  Angeli,  Cappella  di  S.  Giuseppe.    Photo.,  Alinari,  4837. 


On  the  two  central  pilasters  of  the  predella  of  the  beautiful  Robbia  trip- 
tych representing  the  Coronation  of  the  Virgin,  S.  Francesco  receiving  the 
stigmata,  and  S.  Girolamo  in  the  Desert,  are  medallions  (Fig.  25)  blazoned 


Fig.  25.     Braccio  II  Baglioni. 

as  follows :  Actire,  a  griffin  argent  with  fish's  tail  vert  and  holding  a 
sword  in  right  hand.  Through  the  kindness  of  Padre  Alfonso  Santarelli 
we  are  informed,  on  the  authority  of  Signore  Conte  Ansidei,  that  this  is 


Fig.  26.    Macio  Ugurgieri. 


30  ROBBIA  HERALDRY 

the  stemma  of  Braccio  II  Baglioni  of  Perugia,  who  died  on  Dec.  8,  1479. 
According  to  Crollalanza  this  is  the  crest,  not  the  stemma  of  the  Baglioni 
family. 

By  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

C,  s.v.  Baglioni;  C-M.,  225,  No.  122:  Cr.,  182-183;  ^Michel,  IV,  124, 
Fig.  91 ;  R..  D.  R.,  163:  Sc.  Fl.,  Ill,  154-155;  S.,  105,  Abb.  108 

25,  26     (i)   STEMMA  OF  MAGIO  UGURGIERI.      (2)    EMBLEM 
OF  JESUS,     c.  1475.     Siena,  Osservanza.     Photo.,  Alinari,  9138. 

(i)  At  either  end  of  the  predella  of  the  altarpiece  representing  the  Coro- 
nation of  the  Virgin  with  standing  Saints  are  painted  on  oval  shields  (Fig. 
26)  the  arms  of  the  Ugurgieri  family ;  Or,  three  lions  asiire  supporting  a 
wheel  gules.  Possibly  the  individual  member  whose  arms  are  here  given 
was  Magio  who  was  prominent  in  Siena,  having  been  in  1482  one  of  the 
Nine,  in  1490  Capitano,  and  four  times  Gonfaloniere. 

(2)  The  ^Monogram  of  Jesus  with  golden  rays  against  a  blue  ground, 
with  the  lunette  which  it  adorns,  appears  to  have  been  added  perhaps  a 
decade  later  in  order  to  give  additional  height  to  the  altarpiece. 

By  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

B.,Dcnk)ii.  84,  Taf.  261 :  C.,  s.v.  Ugurgieri;  C-AI.,  loi,  248,  No.  2/t,; 
Cr.,  174-176;  S.,  105-106,  Abb.  109. 

27     STEMMA  OF  LORENZO  NICCOLINI.    c.  1476.    La  Verna,  Chi- 
esa  Maggiore.     Photo.,  Alinari,  9831. 

After  the  fire  of  1472  we  may  presume  that  the  two  fine  altarpieces  rep- 
resenting the  Annunciation  and  the  Adoration  were  soon  set  up  in  their 
prominent  positions  in  the  Chiesa  Maggiore.  The  Brizi  chapel  containing 
the  Adoration  altarpiece  is  in  fact  dated  1479.  The  Annunciation  altar- 
piece  appears  to  have  been  made  a  few  years  earlier.  On  the  predella  at 
each  end  on  an  oval  shield  (Fig.  27)  is  blazoned  the  Niccolini  arms :  Azure, 
a  lion  rampant  guardant  argent  debruised  of  a  bend  gules. 

Which  member  of  the  Niccolini  family  was  the  donor  of  this  altarpiece 
is  not  certainly  known.  Possibly  it  was  Lorenzo  di  Lapo  Niccolini,  a  Prior 
in  Florence  in  1446,  1453,  and  1468,  and  Gonfaloniere  in  1465;  or  his  son 
Marco,  Prior  in  1476;  or  Lapo  di  Lorenzo,  Gonfaloniere  in  1481. 

By  -Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. ; 

C,  s.v.  Niccolini;  P.,  435-437;  W.,  158-159. 


Fig.  27.    Lorenzo  Niccolini. 

28     STEMAIA  OF  ANDREA  DI  GIOVANNI  DEL  CAPPA.      1476. 
Galluzzo,  Palazzo  del  Podesta.     Photo.,  Private. 

A  rectangular  tablet  contains  a  pointed  oval  shield  (Fig.  28)  emblazoned 
with  a  Florentine  lily  alx)ve  two  maces  saltire.  Below  the  shield  is  in- 
scribed : 

ANDREA  -f  DI  GIOVA 

NNI  +  DEL  CAPPA  -►  PO(DESTA)  >  1476  +  ts; 
Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 


Bibl. : 

Carocci,  Galluzzo,  39. 


32  ROBBIA  HERALDRY 

29     STEMMA  OF  DOMENICO  AND  ZANOBI  ALDIMARI. 
Galluzzo,  Palazzo  del  Podesta.     Photo.,  Private. 


1476. 


A  rectangular  tablet  (Fig.  29)  contains  an  oval  shield,  acitrc  showing  an 
eagle  displayed  with  wings  inverted  argent.     Below  is  inscribed  : 


j|0\h 
jNNI-DELCAPPA- 

Fig.  28.     Andre.a   Cappa. 


'A'f MCO-HZANtlBII  J I 
CIECCO-  FP,«v.SO\  /ft  ()!/ 1 J 

f.iMi-?.^eza;joki-?.i 

fllGlQLO-l+Z 


Fig.  29.     DoMENico  and  Zanobi  Adimari. 


DOMENICO  ♦  DI  ZANOBI  *  DI 
CIECCO  i  FRASCA  *  ALDIMA 
RI  I  PO(DESTA)   ♦  1439  f  E  ZANOBI  * 
FILGLOLO  *  1476  + 
Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 


SUO 


Bibl. : 

Carocci,  Galluzzo.  39;  C,  s.v.  Aldimari. 

30     STEMMA    OF   THE   ADIMARI    FAMILY,      c.    1476.      Empoli, 
Pinacoteca  della  Collegiata. 

In  the  Cappella  di  S.  Lorenzo  near  where  Andrea  della  Robbia's  tondo  of 
God  the  Father  was  once  placed  stood  a  small  Robbia  tablet,  0.45m.  x 
0.30m.,  with  a  white  border  broadened  at  the  base  where  was  inscribed 
merely  ADIMARI.  Above,  against  a  mottled  green  background  an  oval 
shield  bore  the  Adimari  arms:  Per  fess,  or  (in  chief)  and  acure  (in  base). 
It  may  be  noted  that  the  spelling  of  the  name  as  well  as  the  blazoning  of 
arms  is  different  from  that  of  Domenico  and  Zanobi  Adimari  who  held 
the  office  of  Podesta  in  Galluzzo  in  1439  and  1476.  Various  members  of 
the  Adimari  family  held  high  office  in  Florence  at  the  end  of  the  XV  and 
beginning  of  the  XVI  century.  Possibly  the  individual  here  indicated  was 
Giovanni  di  Donato  di  Matteo  Adimari,  Prior  of  Florence  in  1478. 


Bibl. 


C,  Adimari;  P.,  129-130;  W.,  124. 


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31     STEMRIA  Ol'  BISHOP  FEDERICO  MANFREDI.    1477.   Faenza, 
Duomo,  S.  Pietro.     Photo.,  Private. 

The  foundations  of  the  Cathedral  of  i''aenza,  de.sii^ned  l)y  GiuHano  da 
iMaiano,  were  laid  on  the  site  of  an  earlier  church  by  Bishop  Federico  Man- 
fred! on  I\lay  26,  1474.  On  the  sixteenth  of  November,  1477,  the 
Bishop,  who  had  been  serving  as  Eieutenant  General  of  State  and  incurred 
the  odium  of  the  people,  was  driven  from  the  city  and  suffered  severe  fi- 
nancial loss.  As  a  testimonial  of  his  benefactions  to  the  Cathedral  he  had 
arranged  three  medallions  containing  his  coat  of  arms,  one  to  be  set  in  the 
vault  over  the  high  altar,  the  other  two  in  the  vaults  which  cover  the 
transepts.  As  the  two  latter  are  incomplete,  one  may  reasonably  suppose 
that  these  medallions  were  being  executed  when  the  Bishop  met  his  un- 
fortunate fate. 

I.  The  central  medallion  (Fig.  30). 

The  Manfredi  arms  display  quarterings  of  argent  and  aciirc,  here  sur- 
mounted by  a  Capo  di  Francia  consisting  of  three  golden  fleurs-de-lys  on  a 


Fig.  30.     Feiierico  Manfredi. 

field  of  acure.  The  complex  supiK)rter  of  the  shield,  called  a  caprone,  is 
rather  a  camel  seated  beside  a  violet  flame,  carrying  a  sack  on  his  back,  his 
head  covered  with  a  helmet.  The  crest  consists  of  the  head  of  a  white  goat, 
with  yellow  horns.  From  the  top  of  the  helmet  radiate  mantlings  of  violet, 
white  and  green.     Behind  the  goat's  head  is  a  scroll,  not  inscribed. 


34  ROBBIA  HERALDRY 

Similar  complicated  supporters  for  coats  of  arms  may  be  seen  in  the 
courtyard  of  the  Museo  Nazionale  (Alinari,  2984,  2985).  The  arms  are 
here  displayed  on  a  tournament  shield,  against  a  blue,  fluted  disk  framed 
with  a  garland  of  fruit. 

The  frame  is  broad  and  the  groups  of  fruit  modelled  in  rather  flat 
masses.  The  composition  of  the  garland  is  conventional.  Each  bunch, 
containing  three  pieces  of  fruit  and  arranged  to  form  a  triangle,  is  held 
together  by  a  ribbon  and  is  not  merged  in  the  mass,  as  in  Luca  della  Rob- 
bia's  garlands.  It  was  baked  in  eight  sections,  each  containing  two  bunches 
of  similar  fruit.  The  sections  are  alternately  dark  and  light  in  colour. 
They  are  the  same  fruits  found  in  Luca's  garlands.  Here  grapes,  oranges, 
pine  cones,  apples,  are  succeeded  by  grapes,  citrons,  pine  cones,  zucche,  in 
the  direction  followed  by  the  hands  of  a  clock.  The  outermost  band  of 
the  frame  is  inscribed :  FEDERICUS  -i-  DE  MANFREDIS  •!•  FAVEN- 
TINVS  +  EPISCOPVS  4-  FAVENZIE  -J-  CONDITOR  +  TENPLI 

It  is  in  the  composition  and  the  modelling  of  the  garland  that  one  par- 
ticularly recognizes  the  hand  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

(2)  Medallion  of  the  north  transept. 

The  central  portion  of  this  medallion  is  of  plaster  and  presents  in  a 
complicated  form  the  arms  of  Bishop  Federico  Manfredi.  An  eagle  with 
a  motto  and  a  dove  with  a  motto  are  added  emblems.  The  motto  issuing 
from  the  goat's  mouth  WAH  HIC  MAC  is  entirely  incorrect.  The 
inscription  S(IGILLVM)  ♦  D(OMI)NI  ♦  FEDERICI  ♦  DEMANFRE- 
DIS  ♦  EPISCOPI  ♦  FAVENTINI  ♦  is  more  delicate  in  lettering  than 
the  inscription  on  the  outer  band  of  the  frame.  The  frame  is  less  carefully 
modelled  than  the  frame  of  the  medallion  already  described — an  indication 
that  Andrea  della  Robbia  already  employed  assistants  in  his  atelier.  It  is 
also  composed  with  less  skill — every  alternate  bunch  consists  of  pine  cones 
- — and  was  stupidly  set  in  position,  two  of  the  eight  sections  having  ex- 
changed places,  so  that  the  inscription  is  meaningless.  The  outer  inscription 
is  the  same  as  in  the  first   medallion,  but  punctuated  with  ■♦■  instead  of  "^  . 

(3)  Medallion  of  the  south  transept. 

The  central  portion  of  this  medallion  is  also  of  plaster  on  which  is 
painted  the  Manfredi  coat  of  arms.  The  supporter  is  still  a  camel  seated 
beside  a  flame,  with  a  sack  on  his  back  and  a  helmet  with  mantlings  on 
his  head.  The  crest  consists  of  a  conventional  floral  pattern  and  the 
scroll  is  inscribed  WAN  •  ICH  +  MAG  + 

The  frame  of  glazed  terra-cotta  is  composed  of  eight  sections,  each  with 
two  bunches  of  fruit,  alternating  in  colour  from  dark  to  light.  The  dark 
coloured  fruits  are  grapes  and  pine  cones ;  the  light  ones,  citrons,  oranges, 
apples,  and  zucche.  While  the  fruit  appears  to  have  been  modelled  by  the 
sculptor  of  the  first  medallion,  the  inscription  was  possibly  given  over 


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35 


to  some  one  else,  who  used  heavier  letters,  puiicluatetl  witli  a  •♦•,  reversed 
the  direction  of  the  inscription  and  changed  the  speUing  of  FAVENZIE 
to  FAVENTIE  ■♦•     It  records  the  foundation  of  tlie  church  in  tlie  same 
words  as  in  the  first  medalHon. 
Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

Argnani,  21;  C,  s.v.  jManfredi;  Guasti,  Cafaggiolo,  157;  Malagola, 
101-102,  464;  Messeri-Calzi,  506-512;  Tonduzzi,  12,  508,  511  ;  Stroc- 
chi,  3. 

32     STEMMA  OF  RIDOLFO  DI  PAGANOZZO  RIDOEFI.     1477.    S. 
Giovanni  in  Valdarno,  Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,  Private. 

Set  against  a  mottled  green  (imitation  of  poryphyry)  background  on  an 
oval  shield  (Fig.  31),  is  the  stemma  of  the  Ridolfi  family:  Aciire,  a  mount 
of  six  tops  or,  crossed  by  a  bend  giilcs. 


RIDOLFO^DIPAGNO 
ZZO^KIDQLFh^^ 


Fig.  31.     RiDOLFo  Riuolfi. 


Below  is  inscribed : 

RIDOLFO  +  DI  PAGANO 

ZZO  >  RIDOLFI  +  V(ICARI)0 

55!  1477  fe' 
Ridolfo  di  Paganozzo  di  Bartolo  Ridolfi  became  a  Prior  of  Florence  in 
1480,  and  Gonfaloniere  in  i486  and  1490. 
Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C.,  s.v.  Ridolfi  di  Piazza  da  Firenze;  P.,  282. 


36  ROBBIA  HERALDRY 

33     STEMMA  OF  FRANCESCO  DI  LORENZO  BELLA  STUFA. 
1478.     Volterra,  Palazzo  dei  Priori.     Photo.,  Alinari,  34619. 

The  frame  consists  of  plain  architectural  mouldings  surrounding  a 
wreath  of  fruit  composed  of  triplex  bunches,  in  colour  alternately  dark 
and  light,  well  separated  and  bound  by  narrow  ribbons.  Set  against  a  blue, 
fluted  disk  is  an  oval  shield  (Fig.  32)  with  the  della  Stufa  arms:  Argent, 
two  lions  combatant  or;  in  chief  a  Latin  cross  couped  gules. 

Below  a  winged  cherub  displays  a  curved  scroll  inscribed : 


Fig.  32.     Francesco   della    Stufa. 

FRANCISCVS  +  LAVRENTII 
STUFF  +  PRESES  +  FT  +  LEGATV 
S  +  DIGNISSIMVS  ->■  1464  +  FT  >  1478. 
Francesco  di  Lorenzo  di  Andrea  di  Lotteringo  di  Andrea  della  Stufa 
had  been  Prior  in  Florence  in  1463  and  held  the  office  of  Gonfaloniere  in 
1482.    His  son  Lorenzo  we  find  as  Vicario  at  Lari  in  1524. 
By  Andrea  della  Robbia. 


Bibl. : 

C,    s.v.    Lotteringhi    della    Stufa;    M.,    L.    D.    R.,    244-245;    P., 
403-405;  W.,  176-177. 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY 

34     STEMMA  OF  THE  BELLA  STUFA  FAMILY, 
ence,  Palazzo  Stufa.     Plioto..  Private. 


1478. 


37 

Flor- 


This  large  medallion  displays  on  an  oval  shield  (Fig.  33)  the  Delia 
Stufa  arms:  Argent,  two  lions  comlmtant  or,  in  chief  a  cross  couped  gules. 
Above  the  shield  a  white  dove  holds  a  scroll  inscribed  'H  AB  OVO 
RUIT  ''•-'  These  arc  set  against  a  blue  fluted  disk.  The  frame  shows  a 
garland  of  polychromatic  fruit,  in  eight  sections  separated  and  bound  by 


Fig.  33.     Dfxl.^  Stufa. 

undulating  ribbons,  set  between  double  mouldings,  a  cord  and  a  leaf  and 
dart  on  the  inner  and  a  bead  and  reel  and  an  egg  and  dart  011  the  outer 
side.  During  the  latter  half  of  the  fifteenth  century  the  office  of  Prior  was 
held  fourteen  times,  and  that  of  Gonfaloniere  six  times,  by  members  of 
the  Delia  Stufa  family. 
By  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

M.,  L.  D.  R..  244-245. 

35  STE]\IAL\  OF  MARRL\GE  BETWEEN  THE  GHISLIERI  AND 
MARTINI  FAMILIES,  c.  i486.  Florence,  Museo  Nazionale,  No. 
71.     Photos.,  Alinari,  2760;  Brogi,  9470. 

On  the  console  of  a  relief  representing  the  Madonna  adoring  the  Child 
within  a  beribboned  laurel  wreath  is  a  kite  shaped  shield  (Fig.  34)  bear- 


38 


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ing  a  marriage  stemma:  Per  pale,  dexter  bendy  gules  (fimbriated  argent) 
and  or;  sinister  argent,  a  demivol  in  pale  asitre.  The  former  represents 
the  arms  of  some  member  of  the  Ghislieri  family,  the  latter  those  of  his 


Fig.  34.     Ghislieri  and  Martini. 

wife,  a  member  of  the  Martini  dell'  Ala  (or  possibly  of  the  Landi)  family. 
A  stemma  of  Pietro  di  Simone  Ghislieri  dated  1492  is  in  the  Museo  Nazio- 
nale  and  one  of  Martino  di  Ser  Giovanni  Martini  dated  1497  is  on  the 
Palazzo  Pretorio  at  Radda. 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 


Bibl. : 

Brockhaus,  58,  Taf.  7;  C-M.,  208  No.   18;  C.  s.v.  Ghislieri,  Landi, 
Martini  dall'  Ala;  P.,  389,  Supine,  451   No.  71  ;  W.,  152. 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY  39 

36  STEMMA  OF  BERNARDO  DI  AIANNO  DONATI  AND  OF 
ANTONIO  DE'  GIROLAMI.  c.  1478.  Coniston,  Brantwood.  Mrs. 
Arthur  Severn. 

On  the  console  of  a  Madonna  adoring  the  Child,  similar  to  the  preced- 
ing, is  a  green,  beribboned,  olive  or  laurel  wreath  containing  the  marriage 
stemma  of  the  Donati  and  Girolami  families.  Dexter  are  the  Donati  arms : 
Per  fess,  argent  (base)  and  or  (chief)  the  latter  charged  with  a  lion  ram- 
pant gules.  The  sinister  arms  are  those  of  the  Girolami  family:  .Irgent, 
a  bishop's  mitre  above  a  cross  saltire  gules.  Mr.  Mather  sends  me  the 
document  which  indicates  that  Bernardo  di  Manno  di  Manno  di  Messer 
Manno  Donati  was  married  in  1477  to  Antonia  di  Sichelmo  d' Antonio  di 
Girolami. 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Document : 

"1477.     Bernardo  di  Manno  d'altro  Alanno  di  Messer  Manno  Donati 

Antonia  di  Sichelmo  d'Antonio  de'  Girolami." 

[Arch,  di  Stato,  Carte  Dei,  sec.  XVIII,  Fam.  Girolami] 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Donati,  Girolami  del  Vescoro ;  Raccolta  di  Iscrizioni  ecc.  Carlo 
Strozzi,  sec.  XVII,  segnato  Magliab.  CI.  XXVI,  Cod.  — ,  c.  164'; 
Ruskin,  XXXIV,  666,  pi.  7;  W.,  138,  143. 

37  STE^IMA  OF  GIANFRANCESCO  TORNABUONI.  1478,  1479. 
S.  Giovanni  in  Valdarno,  Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,  Alinari,  9846. 

On  a  slender  oval  shield  (Fig.  35)  is  displayed  the  Tornabuoni  arms: 
Per  saltire  or  and  vert,  a  lion  rampant  counterchanged,  with  inescutcheon 
of  the  Croce  del  Popolo,  a  cross  gides  on  a  field  argent. 

Below,  a  scroll,  held  Isy  two  hands  of  a  cherub  whose  head  is  missing, 
bears  the  inscription : 

lOHANFRANCISVS  >  TORN 

ABONVS  ♦  VICARIVS   -♦-   ET 

COIMISSARIVS  ■♦■  1478  ^  1479 

Gianfrancesco  di  Filippo  Tornabuoni  in  1479  was  sent  to  Leghorn  as 

Capitano  and  Commissario  and  in  1493  became  a  Prior  and  Gonfaloniere 

of  the  Republic  of  Florence.    His  mother  was  Lena  di  Lorenzo  della  Stufa. 

By  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Tornabuoni :  Litta,  s.v.  Tornabuoni,  Tav.  i ;  M.,  L.  D.  R.,  246- 
247;  P.,112-113;  W.,  78. 


Fig.   35.      GlANFRANCESCO   TORNABUONI. 

38     STEMMA  OF  THE  PAZZI  FAMILY,    c.  1480.     Florence,  Cupola 
of  Pazzi  Chapel  Porch.     Photos.,  Alinari,  2177,  2182;  Brogi,  9615. 


The  cupola  of  the  porch  of  the  Pazzi  chapel  was  adorned  by  a  concentric 
series  of  medallions,  the  central  one  (Fig.  36)  being  the  largest  and  con- 
taining the  Pazzi  arms :  A::ure,  seme  of  five  crosslets,  botonny,  fitched,  or, 
two  dolphins  hauriant,  embowed,  addorsed  of  the  second.  It  may  be 
noted  that  the  crosslets  are  here  arranged,  one,  three,  one,  instead  of  two, 
two,  one,  as  in  Jacopo  dei  Pazzi's  stemma  in  the  Palazzo  Serristori.     The 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


41 


blue  shield,  in  form  an  equilateral  triangle  with  somewhat  waving  sides,  is 
set  upon  a  mottled  violet  fluted  disk  imitatins:^  red  porphyry. 

The  frame  consists  of  a  garland  of  fruit  and  tlowers  set  between  an  in- 
ner leaf  and  dart  and  outer  egg  and  dart  moulding.  The  garland  is  in- 
distinctly divided  into  eight  sections  alternately  light  and  dark,  irregularly 
composed,  and  only  occasionally  displaying  the  tie  bands. 

Atelier  of  Luca  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

M.,  L.  D.  R.,  207-20S. 


Fig.  36.     P.^zzi  Arms. 

39  STEMMA  OE  ERESCOBALDI  FAMILY,  c.  1480.  Roslyn,  L.  L 
Collection  of  Mr.  Stanley  Mortimer.  Photo.,  from  Bardini  Catalogue. 
Purchased  at  the  Bardini  sale  of  1902. 


Within  a  wreath  of  green  laurel,  recalling  the  medallions  on  the  cupola 
of  the  porch  of  the  Pazzi  chapel,  sunken  against  a  white  background  is  a 
blue  fluted  disk  on  which  is  an  oval  shield  (Fig.  37)  containing  the  Fresco- 
baldi  arms :   Gules,  three  chess-rooks  argent,  a  chief  or. 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

Bardini  Sale  of  1902,  Cat.  No.  504.     Plate,  no  number. 


42 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


40     STEMMA  OF   BERNARDO   DI   PIERO   BORSI.      1481,    1481. 
Borgo  San  Sepolcro,  Palazzo  Tribunale.     Photo.,  Private. 

A  rectangular  frame  enclosing  a  kite  shaped  shield  (Fig.  38)  on  which 


Fig.  37.    Frescobaldi. 


Fig.  38.    Bernardo  Borsi. 


are  displayed  the  Borsi  arms :    A  lion  rampant  debruised  of  a  bend  charged 
with  three  borse  argent. 
Below  is  a  tablet  inscribed : 

BERNARDO  +  DI 
PIERO  +  BORSI  + 

C(OMMISSARI)0  -♦-  1480  ^  E  +  1481 
Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 


41     STEMMA  OF  SIMONE  DI  GHAGLIARDO  BONCIANI.     1481. 
Borgo  San  Sepolcro.  Palazzo  Tribunale.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  wreath  composed   of  pine  cones  and   apples  alternating   in 
groups  of  three  and  divided  by  ribbons  crossing  diagonally  is  a  fluted  shell 


Fig.  39.     SiMONE  Bonciani. 


Fig.  40.    Taddeo  Antella. 


which  carries  an  oval  shield  (Fig.  39),  bearing  the  Bonciani  arms:  Gules, 
three  pallets  vair  argent,  with  a  chief  or. 

Below  is  a  rectangular  tablet  on  which  two  seated  winged  putti  display 
a  scroll  inscribed : 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY  43 

SIMONE  +  DI  GHA 

GLIARDO  +  BON 

CIANI  ^  C(OMMISSARI)0  ♦  1481  -♦■ 
Two  years  later  we  find  Simone  di  Ghagliardo  di  Bonciani  one  of  the 
Priors  of  Florence. 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Bonciani;  P.,  145;  W.,  130. 


42     STEMMA   OF   TADDEO   DI    GIOVANNI    DELL'    ANTELLA. 
1482.    Borgo  San  Sepolcro,  Palazzo  Tribunale.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  wreath  constructed  like  that  bearing  the  arms  of  Simone  Bon- 
ciani and  similarly  set  on  a  fluted  shell,  an  oval  shield  (Fig.  40)  bears  the 
deir  Antella  arms :  Argent,  a  chevron  gules. 

Below,  a  single  cherub  displays  a  tablet  inscribed : 
TADDEO -♦■DI  GIOVANNIS 

DELA(N)TELLA  >  C(OMMISSARI)0  +  1481  +  E  >  1482  > 
Taddeo  di  Giovanni  was  Prior  of  Florence  in  1413,  1428,   1435,  1444 
and  1479,  'i"d  Gonfaloniere  in  1435,  1444. 
Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C.,  s.v.  Antella;  P.,  53;  W.,  125. 


43     STEMMA   OF   GIOVANNI    DI   TADDEO    DELL'    ANTELLA. 
1482.     Pistoia,  Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  rectangular  white  frame,  against  a  green  ground  is  set  an  oval 
shield  (Fig.  41)  bearing  the  Dell'  Antella  arms:  Argent,  a  chevron  gules. 
Below  is  a  tablet  inscribed : 

GIOVANNI  ^ 
DI   TADDEO  +  DE 

L  A(N)TELLA  >  PO(DESTA)   >  1482 
Giovanni  di  Taddeo  di  Giovanni  di  Masino  dell'  Antella  was  Prior  of 
Florence  in  1453,  1467,  1473,  1477,  and  in  1480,  and  Gonfaloniere  in  1467 
and  1477.    He  was  brother  to  the  Lodovico  who  was  Podesta  at  Galluzzo 


44  ROBBIA  HERALDRY 

in  1473,  and  probably  son  of  the  Taddeo  di  Giovanni  who  was  Commis- 
sionario  at  Borgo  San  Sepolcro  in  1481,  1482. 
AteUer  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 


Bibl. 


C,  s.v.  Antella;  P.,  53;  W.,  125. 


J.6IO\^i>iiMi- 
J  LATF!:!,AP'l4tei 

L:.._._ .._..--    -  -.        - 

i'lG.  41.     Giovanni  Aniella, 


44     STEMMA  OF  FRANCESCO  D'ANTONIO  BENCI.     1482.     An- 
ghiari,  Palazzo  Comunale.     Photo.,  Private. 

On  a  rectangular  tablet  framed  with  plain  architectural  mouldings  set 
on  a  violet  panel  decorated  with  green  vine  scrolls  is  an  oval  shield  (Fig. 
42),  bearing  the  Benci  arms:     Argent,  bendy  bretisse  azure. 
Below  is  a  rectangular  tablet  inscribed : 
FRANCESCO  + 
DANTONIO  -► 
BENCI  -^  V(ICARI)0    1482 
Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 


ROBLUA  HERALDRY 


45 


Bibl. : 


C,  gives  several  Benci  families  with  other  coats  of  arms;  P.,  omits 
the  arms;  W.,  129  gives  the  arms  as  Bendy  bretisse  of  six  or  and  acure. 


IMNTONIO- 


Fig.  42.     Francesco  Benci. 

45     STEMMA  OF  THE  GINORI  FAMILY,    c.  1482.    New  York,  Col- 
lection of  Mr.  Thomas  F.  Rvan.     Photo,  from  Bardac  Catalogue. 


Formerly  in  tlie  collection  of  Mr.  Maurice  Kann,  then  in  that  of  Sigis- 
mond  Bardac,  this  fine  stemma  passed  into  the  collection  of  Mr.  Thomas 
F.  Ryan  of  New  York.  On  an  oval  shield  (Fig.  43)  there  are  displayed 
the  arms  of  the  Ginori :  Acio-c.  a  bend  or  charged  with  three  eight-pointed 
estoiles  of  the  first. 

The  winged  putto  who  supports  the  shield  resembles  the  Bust  of  a  Boy 
in  the  Museo  Nazionale,  No.  75.  The  seeded  scroll  ornament  at  the  base 
of  the  shield  suggests  the  decoration  of  the  consoles  of  Luca's  Cantoria. 
The  background  is  mottled  violet  in  imitation  of  porphyry. 

This  stemma  may  have  been  made  for  Gino  di  Francesco  Ginori,  a  Prior 
of  Florence  in  1471.  Andrea  della  Robbia's  atelier  supplied  coats  of  arms 
for  Gino  di  Giuliano  Ginori,  Vicario  at  S.  Giovanni  Valdarno  in  1489  and 
1490,  and  for  Alessandro  di  Gino,  Podesta  and  Commissario  at  Casti- 
glione  Fiorentino  in  1507. 

By  Andrea  della  Robbia. 


Fig.  43.    GiNORi  Arms. 

Bibl. : 

Cat.  Maurice  Kann,  No.  200;  Cat.  Sigismond  Bardac,  No.  30;  C,  s.v. 
Ginori;  M.,  A.  in  A.,  1914,  242-246;  L.  D.  R.,  233-234;  P.,  460-462. 

46  STEMMA  OF  GUERRIERI  DI  TEBALDO  DE  ROSSI  AND  HIS 
WIFE  ANTONIA  D'ALESSANDRO  BUONDELMONTI.  c. 
1483.     Florence,  Palazzo  Antinori. 

As  the  villa  known  as  Colombali  or  Le  Rose,  purchased  by  Niccolo  di 
Tommaso  di  Bernardo  Antinori  in  1487  was  previously  owned  by  the  de 
Rossi  family,  it  seems  likely  that  this  stemma  came  into  the  possession  of 
the  Antinori  family  at  that  time.  It  represents  a  putto  supporting  an  oval 
shield  on  which  is  displayed  the  marriage  stemma  of  some  member  of  the 
de  Rossi  family  with  a  Buondelmonti.  I  regret  that  my  notes,  hurriedly 
taken,  are  deficient.  The  arms  are,  however,  divided  Per  pale,  and  on  the 
dexter  side  is  Argent{?)  a  tree  vert.  The  sinister  arms  are  Per  fess 
Azure {  ?)  and  argent {  ?),  in  base  a  mount  of  six  summits  or.    In  the  Sepol- 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY  47 

tuario  cod.  628  and  in  the  Codicc  Araldico  tlie  de  Rossi  arms  display  a  tree 
vert  set  on  a  mount  of  six  summits  or;  can  it  be  that  the  golden  mount,  here 
separated  from  the  tree  vert,  belongs  to  the  de  Rossi  arms?  This  is  most 
unlikely.  The  ancient  Buondelmonti  arms  are  Per  fess,  Azure  and  argent, 
to  which  were  added  later  a  mount  of  six  summits  azure  bearing  a  cross 
gules  (Crollalanza),  but  Giovanni  della  Robbia  records  the  Buondelmonti 
arms  with  a  mount  or  on  the  large  altarpiece  in  the  Walter's  Collection, 
Baltimore.  The  heraldry  of  the  de  Rossi  family  is  unusually  variable,  the 
same  may  be  said  of  that  of  the  Buondelmonti  family.  Mr.  Mather  notifies 
me  that  in  145 1  Guerrieri  di  Tebaklo  de  Rossi  married  Antonia  d'Alessan- 
dro  Buondelmonti,  that  both  were  alive  in  1478,  but  by  1489  Antonia  was 
left  a  widow.  There  seems  therefore  to  be  good  reason  to  consider  this  as 
a  marriage  stemma  of  this  couple,  made  before  the  \'illa  Le  Rose  passed  out 
of  the  possession  of  the  Rossi  family. 
Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Document : 

"Guerrierius  Tebaldi  Guerrierij  de  Rossi  pop.  S.  Felicita 

Ant'  Aless"^  Tegliai  Aless"  de  Montebuoni   (Buondelmonti)   ncl  1451 

alia  gabella." 

[Zibaldone  del  Migliore,  segnato  Magliab.    CI.  XXVT  Cod.  146,  c.  61] 

Bibl. : 

Arch,  di  Stato,  Scpoltuario,  Sec.  XVII,  segnato  Sched.  Manoscritti 
Cod.  628,  c.  212;  Bib.  Nazionale,  codice  Araldico,  del  Rosso  arms;  C, 
s.v.  Rossi  di  Firenze,  Bondelmonti,  \\'.,   131,   170. 

47     STEMMA  OF  BERNARDO  DI  MARCO  SALVIATI.     1484.     S. 
Giovanni  in  Valdarno,  Palazzo  Pretorio.    Photo.,  Alinari,  No.  9847. 

Within  a  white  frame  containing  a  garland  of  white  roses  with  green 
leaves  is  a  blue  fluted  shell  against  which  is  set  an  oval  shield  ( b^ig.  44) 
bearing  the  Salviati  arms:  Argent,  bendy  bretisse  gules.  The  fillets  and 
roundels  of  the  frame  are  well  proportioned  and  the  roses,  arranged  for 
the  most  part  in  bunches  of  three  alternately  single  and  double,  follow  An- 
drea's conventions. 

Below,  a  tablet,  like  that  of  the  Bonciani  stemma  of  1481  at  Borgo  San 
Sepolcro,  exhibiting  two  seated  winged  putti  holding  a  scroll,  is  inscribed : 

BERNARDI-    MARCI 
FORESIS-   EQVITIS 
DE  SALVIATIS  •   IN 
SINGNIA-    1484- 
Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 


■''V^I  FORBSISFQVms/ 
>^  DESALVIATISIN^ 


Fig.  44.     Bernardo  Salviati. 


Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Salviati;  W.,  172-173. 


48     STEMMA  OF  JACOPO  RISALITI  AND  OF  HIS  WIFE.  c.  1484. 
Florence,  S.  Simone.     Photo.,  Brogi,  9705. 

On  the  console  of  a  tabernacle  now  employed  as  a  frame  for  a  Gothic 
tabernacle,  between  the  outspread  wings  of  a  cherub  head  is  a  green  laurel 
wreath  (Fig.  45)  enclosing  a  double  coat  of  arms:  Party  per  pale,  dexter 
the  Risaliti  arms:  Azu<re,  two  lions'  paws  erased  in  saltire  argent;  sinister 
the  Baldovinetti  arms :  Gules,  a  lion  rampant  or.  This  is  a  memorial  of  the 
marriage  of  Jacopo  Risaliti  and  Bartolommea  Baldovinetti  in  1384.  The 
Robbia  tabernacle  was  erected  by  Jacopo's  descendants  for  the  welfare  of 
his  soul  and  that  of  his  father  Gieri.  It  is  inscribed : 
PELL  ANIMA  -♦■  DIGIERI  >  RISALITI  ■•■  EDI  lACOPO  >  SUO 
FILGLVOLO  ^  EDEDISCIENDENTI  ^  DIDETTO  +  lACOPO  +  1363  -♦■ 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


49 


The  date  1363  is  known  to  he  the  date  of  Gieri's  last  testament  and  was 
without  doubt  also  the  date  of  his  death.    Judging  by  the  style  of  the  monu- 


FiG.  45.    Jacopo  RisALiTi  AND  His  Wife. 


ment  we  may  assign  it  to  the  same  period  as  the  Salviati  stemma  at  S. 
Giovanni  in  Valdarno. 
By  Andrea  della  Robbia. 


Bibl. ; 


C,  s.v.  Risaliti,  Baldovinetti ;  W.,  126,  169. 


50 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


49     STEMMA  OF  LORENZO  D'ANPHRIONE  LENZI.  .1484.   Borgo 
San  Sepolcro,  Palazzo  Tribiinale.     Photo.,  Private. 

Li  a  rectangular  frame  is  set  an  oval  shield  (Fig.  46)  on  which  are  the 
Lenzi  arms :  Azure,  a  bull's  head  affronty  or. 
Below  is  a  tablet  inscribed : 

LORENZO  >  DA 

NPHRIONE  ^  LEN 

ZI  ^  C(APITAN)0  +  ET  COMM 

ESARIO  -♦-  1484 
Lorenzo  d'Anphrione  di  Lorenzo  di  Piero  di  Lenzo  Lenzi  had  been  Prior 
in  Florence  in  1475  and  was  again  Prior  and  Gonfaloniere  in  1495. 
Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Lenzi;  P.,  662;  W.,  149. 


r*».?, 


Fig.  46.    Lorenzo  Lenzi. 


Fig.  47.    Fiuppo  Cappelli. 


:Ji' 


50     STEMMA   OF   FILIPPO    DI    GIOVANNI    DI    FILIPPO    CAP- 
PELLI.    1485.     Scarperia,  Palazzo  del  Vicariato.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  wreath  with  bunches  of  fruit  chiefly  triplex,  separated  by 
fluted  ribbons,  is  a  kite  shaped  shield  (Fig.  47)  set  against  a  flat  plate  and 
bearing  the  Cappelli  arms :   Or,  a  prelate's  hat  with  tassel  gules. 

Below,  a  winged  cherub  unfolds  a  slightly  curved  scroll  on  which  is : 
FILIPPO  ^  DIGIOVa' 
NNI  -♦■  DIFILIPPO  >  CA 
PPEGLI  >  V(ICARI)0  +  1485  !S 
Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Cappelli;  W.,  133. 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY 

51     STEMMA  OF  ANTONIO  MALEGONELLE. 
Sepolcro,  Palazzo  Tribunale.     Photo.,  Private. 


148; 


51 
Borgo  San 


Within  a  wreath  of  fruit  in  groups  of  three  divided  by  ribbons  straight 
across,  against  a  fluted  shell,  is  a  tournament  shield  now  set  upside  down 
(Fig.  48)  bearing  the  Malegonelle  arms:  Or,  three  pallets  ac-urc  sur- 
mounted by  a  fess  argent. 

Below  is  a  rectangular  scroll  inscribed : 

ANT  -f  MALEGONEL  + 
IVRISCONS  >  PRES  + 
ET    COMMISS  > 
MCCCCLXXXV 
Maestro  Antonio  di  Piero  di  Niccolo  di  Tommaso  Malegonelle,  juris- 
consult, president  and  commissary  at  Borgo  San  Sepolcro  in  1485,  held  the 
ofifice  of  Prior  in  Florence  in  1480,  1489  and  1492. 

Bibl. : 

C.,  s.v.  Malegonelle:  P.,  333;  W.,  151. 


Fig.  48.    Antonio  M.^leconelli. 


Fig.  49.     Salviati  Arms. 


52  STEMMA  OF  THE  SALVIATI  FAMILY,  c.  1485.  Roslyn,  L.  I. 
Collection  of  Mr.  Stanley  Mortimer.  Photo.,  from  Bardini  Cat- 
alogue.    Purchased  at  the  Bardini  sale  of  1902. 

Within  a  wreath  composed  of  triplex  groups  of  fruit  bound  by  ribbons 
straight  across,  is  a  blue  fluted  disk  bearing  an  oval  shield  (Fig.  49)  with 
the  Salviati  arms :  Argent,  two  bends  bretisse  gules.  We  may  note  that 
at  S.  Giovanni  in  Valdarno  the  arms  of  Bernardo  Salviati  showed  three 
bends  bretisse  gules.  These  variations  are  not  uncommon  in  Italian  her- 
aldry. 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

Bardini  Sale  of  1902,  Cat.,  No.  509,  Plate,  no  number;  M.,  D.  R.  A., 
100;  W.,  172. 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY 
STEMMA  OF  THE  DEI  FAMILY,    c.  1485. 


52 

53     bTEMMA  OF  THE  DEI  FAMILY,     c.  1485.     Roslyn,  L.  I.     Col- 
lection of  Mr.  Stanley  Mortimer.    Formerly  in  the  Bardini  collection. 


Within  a  wreath  composed  of  triplex  bunches  of  fruit  separated  by  sunk- 
en bands  straight  across,  is  a  white  fluted  disk  on  which  is  an  oval  shield 
(Fig.  50)  with  the  arms  of  the  Dei  family:  Azure,  a  bend  or,  with  a  label- 
of  Anjou  of  four  points  gules  enclosing  three  lilies  or. 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

Bardini  Sale  of   1902,  Cat.  No.  509,  Plate,  no  number;  C,  s.v.  Dei 
(gules,  a  bend  or)  ;  M.,  D.  R.  A.,  103. 


Fig.  50.     Dei   Arms. 


Fig.  51.     RiccARDO   Guiducci. 


54     STEMMA  OF  RICCARDO  DI  TOMMASO  GUIDUCCI.     1485. 
Pistoia,  Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,  Private. 

In  a  wreath,  composed  of  triplex  bunches  of  fruit  separated  by  trans- 
verse fluted  ribbons  are  displayed  ( Fig.  51)  the  Guiducci  arms :  Per  pale ; 
dexter,  vairy  argent  and  azure;  sinister,  chequy  or  and  gules.  Below  is  a 
tablet  inscribed : 

RICARDO  A  DI     TOMMASO  A 
GHVIDVCI  A  P(ODEST)A  A  1485  A 

Riccardo  di  Tommaso  di  Simone  di  Francesco  di  Simone  di  Guiduccio 
di  Puccio,  Podesta  at  Pistoia  in  1485,  had  been  already  Prior  in  Florence 
in  1469. 

By  Benedetto  Buglioni. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Guiducci;  P.,  463. 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


53 


55  STEMMA  OF  BARTOLOMMEO  BUONDELMONTI  AND  HIS 
WIFE  ALESSANDRA  DI  GUGLIELMO  PAZZI.  1485.  London, 
Collection  of  Lady  Naylor  Leyland. 

At  either  end  of  the  prcclella  of  an  altarpiece  representing  the  Epiphany 
are  kite  shaped  shields.  The  dexter  shield  contains  the  Buondelmonti 
arms:  Azure,  a  mount  of  six  tops  or  surmounted  by  a  cross  gules.  The 
sinister  shield  displays  the  Pazzi  arms :  Azure,  two  dolphins  hauriant,  em- 
bowed,  addorsed  or,  with  five  crosslets  of  the  first  (a  lighter  shade). 

Bartolommeo  Buondelmonti  in  1483  married  Alessandra  di  Gugiiclmo 
Pazzi.  The  altarpiece  may  ha\'e  been  erected  soon  afterward.  The  tinc- 
tures of  both  coats  of  arms  are  irregular. 

Robbia  School. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Buondelmonti;  Pazzi;  P.,  827,  146;  W.,  131,  162-163. 


Fig.  52.    PiERo  DEL  Nero. 

56     STEMMA  OF  PIERO  DI  FRANCESCO  DEL  NERO.     i486.     S. 
Giovanni  in  Valdarno,  Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,  Private. 


Within  a  rectangular  tablet  framed  with  undecorated  mouldings  is  set 
an  oval  shield   (Fig.  52)   bearing  the  stemma  of  the  Del  Nero  family : 


54  ROBBIA  HERALDRY 

Sable,  a  hound  salient  argent,  collared  gules.    Below,  a  horizontal  scroll  is 
inscribed : 

PIERO  +  DI    FRA 
NCESCO  ■♦-  DEL 
NERO  ♦  V(ICARI)0  ♦  i486  ♦ 
Piero  di  Francesco  di  Filippo  del  Nero  was  Prior  in  Florence  in  1476 
and  again  in  1492. 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Nero  (del)  di  Firenze  (Crollalanza  gives  the  field  as  gules,  but 
Mr.  R.  G.  Mather  reports  that  various  sepoltuarii  and  prioristi  give 

it-   <;nhli>\  ■  P      ficfi-ficv    ('crivps;  it  p<;   ^nhlp\ 


xvxi .    J.V.     VJ.     ivxa-Liici     1  cpwi  La     LiictL     V  di  nj US    ; 

it  sable)  ;  P.,  656-657  (gives  it  as  sable). 


57  STEMMA  OF  GIOVANNI  DI  BETTO.     i486.    Borgo  San  Loren- 
zo, Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,  Private. 

On  a  white  rectangular  frame  is  set  an  oval  shield  bearing  the  arms: 
Argent,  a  moimt  of  six  summits  gules,  crossed  by  a  bend  azure. 

The  lower  part  of  the  frame  is  broadened  and  contains  the  inscription : 
GIOVANNI  DI 
BETTO  ♦  PO(DESTA)  ♦  i486  ♦ 

58  STEMMA   OF   FILIPPO    DI    GIOVANNI    DELL'    ANTELLA. 
i486.    Borgo  San  Sepolcro,  Palazzo  Tribunale.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  wreath  of  fruit  in  groups  of  three  separated  slightly  by  rib- 
bons straight  across,  set  against  a  blue  fluted  shell,  an  oval  shield  (Fig. 
53)  bears  the  Antella  arms:   Argent,  a  chevron  gules. 


Fig.  53.    Filippo  Antella. 

Below  it  a  horizontal  scroll  is  inscribed : 

FILIPPO  +  DI     GIOVA 

NNI  >  DEL     ANTELLA  ■♦■ 

CA(PITANO)  -♦•  i486  «J 
Filippi  di  Giovanni  di  Taddeo  di  Giovanni  dell'  Antella,  who  was  Prior 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY  55 

in  Florence  in  the  years  1483,  1493,  1517,  1521,  1528  and  Gonfaloniere  in 
1493  and  1517,  was  Capitano  at  Borgo  San  Sepolcro  in  i486. 
Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Amelia;  P.,  53-54;  W.,  125. 

59     STEMMA  OF   GIOVANNI   DI   BONACCORSO   PITTI.      i486. 
Certaldo,  Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,  Alinari,  8534. 

Within  a  wreath  of  eight  bunches  of  fruit,  of  triplex  composition,  fas- 
tened by  ribbons  straight  across,  is  an  oval  shield  (Fig.  54),  set  against  a 


Fig.  54-     Giovanni  Pitti. 

blue  fluted  shell  surrounded  by  plain  fillet  moulding,  bearing  the  Pitti  arms : 
(Barry  nebuly,  argent  and  sable. 

A  winged  cherub  upholds  a  curved  scroll  inscribed : 
GIOVANNI  +  DI 
BONACHORSO  >  PI 
TTI  -♦-  VI(CARI)0  >  i486  -*■ 
Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

Carocci,  A.  I.  D.  I.,  V(i896),  4-7;  C.,  s.v.  Pitti;  Cr.,  336;  W.,  165. 

60     STEMMA  OF  COSIMO  DI  FRANCESCO  SASSETTI.     c.  i486. 
Pistoia,  Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  wreath  composed  of  triplex  bunches  of  fruit,  alternately  dark 
and  light,  separated  by  transverse  ribbons,  set  against  a  blue  disk  on  which 


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are  yellow  slings  witli  stones  (sassetti)  is  suspended  a  tournament  shield 
(Fig.  55)  with  the  Sassetti  arms:  Argent,  a  bendlet  asiire  fimbriated  or. 

No  tablet  is  set  beneath  it.  The  wreath  indicates  a  date,  c.  1485- 1495, 
and  we  naturally  think  of  Francesco  di  Tommaso  Sassetti  who  commis- 
sioned Ghirlandaio  to  decorate  the  Sassetti  Chapel  in  S.  Trinica  in  1485. 


Fig.  55.     CosiMO  Sassetti. 


Fig.  56.     Francesco  Sassetti. 


Tommaso  di  Federigo  Sassetti  was  Podesta  at  Borgo  San  Lorenzo  in  1502. 
Cosimo  di  Francesco  di  Tommaso,  Prior  of  Florence  in  1503,  1523,  and 
1527,  and  Gonfaloniere  in  1524,  was  Podesta  at  Pistoia  in  1520.  As  he 
was  the  only  member  of  the  Sassetti  family  who  held  this  office  at  Pistoia, 
the  arms,  though  of  an  earlier  type,  were  probably  set  up  in  1520. 
Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 


Documents : 

1.  "1520.     Cosimo  di  Franc°  Sassetti  p'  p°  Ag°". 
[Archiv.   di   Stato.   Cod.     Carta  intit.     Ufizi   Diversi   sec. 

segnato  sched.  ^lanoscritti  No.  496,  c.  418] 

2.  "Potestas  pistorii 


cum  Salario  lib.  Duaru 
Miliu  quadringentarum 
pro  quodlibet  Semestri 
sibi  dado  a  dicta 
Comun(itate)   pistorii  1 


XVII 


Cu  Uno  ludice  doctorato 

uno  Milite  socio  not° 

Duobus  aliis  Notarijs 

XV  famulis  inter  quos 

sit  unus  Conestabilis 

Quatuor  equis 
Cosimus  franc'  tomasij  d.  sassettis-p.  6  mensibus — p*^ 
[Archiv.  di  Stato.  R^istrum  Extrinsecorum  1 505-1 529,  Segnato  Tratte 
Cod.  71  c.  6] 


2400 


augusti   1 520 


Bibl. 


C,  s.v.  Sassetti;  P.,  842-843;  Tigri,  133;  W.,  173. 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


57 


61  STEMMA  OF  FRANCESCO  DI  TOiMMASO  SASSETTI.  c. 
i486.     Florence,  S.  Trinita,  Cappella  Sassetti.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  wreath  of  twelve  bunches  of  alternately  dark  and  light  coloured 
fruit  of  rigidly  triplex  composition,  separated  by  yellow  ribbons  straight 
across,  is  a  tournament  shield  (Fig.  56)  set  against  a  flat  plate  on  which 
are  represented  two  slings  made  of  rope  and  containing  stones  (sassetti). 
On  the  shield  are  displayed  tlie  Sassetti  arms:  Argent,  a  bendlet  assure 
fimbriated  or. 

The  date  i486,  after  the  decoration  of  the  chapel  by  Ghirlandaio  on  the 
order  of  Francesco  di  Tommaso  Sassetti  seems  probable.  However,  this 
stemma  appears  to  be  modern  and  may  have  been  set  up  when  the  chapel 
was  restored  by  Count  Luigi  Sassetti  and  his  son  Francesco  in  1896. 

Style  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  v.s.  Sassetti;  W.,  173. 


Fig.  57.     Wool  Merchants. 


62     STEMMA   OF   THE   ARTE   DELLA  LANA. 
Opera  del  Duomo.     Photo.,  Alinari,  17097. 


i486.      Florence. 


The  Arte  della  Lana  took  a  leading  part  in  the  building  of  the  Cathedral 
and  of  a  palace  for  the  Operai.  The  arms  of  this  guild  occurs  twice  in  the 
Opera  del  Duomo:  (i)  in  the  Sala  della  Deputazione,  and  (2)  on  the 
vault  of  the  entrance  hall.     Within  a  wreath  of  triplex  bunches  of  fruit 


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separated  by  fluted  ribbons  (Fig.  57)  are  set  the  arms:  Azure,  an  Agnus 
Dei,  nimbed,  argent,  carrying  a  banner  argent  with  the  Croce  del  Popolo 
gules.    In  chief  is  a  label  of  five  points  containing  four  lilies  gules. 
By  Andrea  della  Robbia. 


Documents : 

I.  "  +  MCCCCLXXXVJ 
Andrea  di  marcho  della  Robbia  de 
dare  adj  iij  di  marzo  1  dodicj  s  x 
picciol.  porto  giovannj  suo  fig- 
luolo  chontantj  per  parte  dun 
chonpaso  dato  allopera  per  la  vol- 
ta  sopra  e  minjstrj  per  poliza  del 
proveditore  dj  no  63 — 

1  12  s  10  dj — 
1487  E  de  dare  adi  xxvij  di  marzo 
1487  1  dodicj  s  X  piccioli  porto  e 
detto  chontanti  per  Resto  del 
chonpasso  della  volta  della  stanza 
dellopera  per  poliza  delprovedi- 
tore — 1  12  s  10  dj — -" 

3.  "  +  MCCCCLXXXVIJ 
Spese  dopera  di  Santa  maria  del 
fiore  deono  dare 


2.  "  +  MCCCCLXXXVJ 
Andrea   di   marcho    della    robbia 
chontroscritto  de  avere  adi 
XXX  di  givngnjo  1  ventj  cinque 
piccioli  per  luj  da  spese 
dopera  posto  debbjno 
dare  in  questo  c  69 — 1  25  s — " 


E  deono  dare  adi  xxx  di  giungnjo 
1  ventj  cinque  piccioli  per  loro  a 
Andrea  di  marcho  della  robbia 
posto  debbj  avere  in  questo  c  42 
chonpassi  fattj  allopera  per  poliza 
del  proveditore  di  n°  281 — 

1  25  S-" 

[Archiv.  dell'  Opera  di  S.  Maria  del  Fiore,  Ouaderno  di  Cassa  di  To- 
maso  di  nicholo  giovan,  Kamerario  per  6  mesi  comiclati  adi  primo  digien- 
naio  MCCCCLXXXVJ  c.  41',  42,  69.] 


Bibl. 


Poggi,  Cat.,  7-12,  23;  Staley,  164,  168. 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY  59 

63     STEMMA  OF  THE  ARTE  DELLA  LAN  A.     c.  i486.    La  Verna, 
Chiesa  Maggiore. 

The  Arte  della  Lana  aided  in  raising  funds  for  building  the  church. 
Hence  their  two  marble  stemmi  on  the  fagade  and  the  Robbia  stemma  on 
the  vault  of  the  church,  similar  to  the  stemma  in  the  Museo  dell'  Opera  del 
Duomo  at  Florence. 

By  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

Cr.,  171;  Mencherini,  256. 


64     STEMMA  OF  THE  ANTINORI  FAMILY,    c.  i486.     New  York, 
Collection  of  Mr.  J.  P.  Morgan. 

In  the  console  of  a  relief  of  the  Madonna  adoring  the  Child,  similar  to 
No.  71  in  the  Museo  Nazionale,  a  green  olive  or  laurel  wreath  bears  the 
Antinori  arms:  Or,  a  chief  lozengy  of  acnre  and  of  the  field.  Possibly 
the  individual  referred  to  was  Niccolo  di  Tommaso  Antinori,  Prior  of 
Florence  in  1483,  1496,  1501,  Gonfaloniere  in  1514,  purchaser  in  1487  of 
the  Villa  at  Colombali,  or  Le  Rose,  a  few  miles  outside  of  the  Porta  Ro- 
mana,  Florence.  From  this  Villa  came  the  lunette  of  the  Resurrection  now 
in  the  Museum  of  the  Brooklyn  Institute,  which  also  bears  the  Antinori 
arms. 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Antinori :   P.,  516 ;  W.,  126. 


65     STEMMA  OF  THE  ANTINORI  FAMILY,     c.   i486.     Florence, 
Palazzo  Antinori. 

Within  a  wreath  of  fruit  an  oval  shield  bears  the  Antinori  arms :  Or,  a 
chief  lozengy  azure  and  of  the  field.  Possibly  referable  to  Niccolo  di  Tom- 
maso Antinori,  Prior  in  Florence  in  1483. 

Bibl. : 

As  preceding. 


6o  ROBBIA  HERALDRY 

66     STEMMA  OF  THE  MARTINI  BALL'  ALA  FAMILY,     c.  i486. 
Florence,  Private  Collection.     Photo.,  Private. 

On  an  attractive  console  with  two  winged  putti  as  supporters  (Fig.  58) 
is  an  oval  shield  bearing  the  Martino  dell'  Ala  arms:   Argent,  a  demi  vol 


Fig.  58.     Martini  Arms. 
in  pale  azure.    A  Martino  di  Ser  Giovanni  Martini  was  Podesta  at  Radda 
in  1497.    Various  members  of  this  family  held  high  office  in  Florence. 
Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Martino  dall'  Ala;  P.,  389;  W.,  152. 


67  STEMMA  OF  MARRIAGE  BETWEEN  THE  PAOLI  AND  MAZ- 
ZINGHI  FAMILIES,  c.  i486.  Florence,  Museo  Nazionale,  No. 
23.     Photo.,  Brogi,  4744. 

On  the  console  of  a  relief  of  the  Madonna  adoring  the  Child,  within  a 
winged  disk  (Fig.  59),  is  a  marriage  coat  of  arms:  Dexter,  the  Paoli 
arms:  Gules  (base),  a  bend  aciirc  charged  with  five  lilies  gules,  and 
or  (chief);  Sinister,  the  Mazzinghi  arms:  Azure,  three  maces  in  fess, 
heads  downward,  argent.  Mr.  Rufus  G.  Mather  has  found  from  Ancisa, 
NN8,  that  Maestro  Giogualberto  di  Ser  Francesco  di  Paolo  Paoli  married 
Sandra  di  Simone  di  Jacopo  Mazzinghi  in  the  year  i486.  The  relief  can- 
not be  earlier  than  that  date. 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

Ancisa,  NN,  8;  C-M.,  105,  219  No.  83;  C,  s.v.  Paoli,  Mazzinghi; 
Supine,  440,  No.  23;  W.,  153,  162. 


ROBRIA  HERALDRY 


6i 


Fig.  59.     Paoli  and  Mazzinghi. 


68     STEMAIA  OF  TOMMASO  DI  PIERO  MALEGONELLE. 
Borgo  San  Sepolcro,  Palazzo  Tribunale.     Photo.,  Private. 


1487. 


Within  a  wreath  of  fruit  in  groups  of  three  divided  by  ribbons  straight 
across  is  set  against  a  flat  plaque  an  oval  shield  (Fig.  60)  bearing  the  Mal- 
agonelle  arms :   Or,  three  pallets  azitrc,  crossed  by  a  f ess  argent. 
Below  is  a  horizontal  scroll  inscribed : 
TOMMASO  +  DI  PIE 
RO  ^  MALEGHO- 

NELLE  ^  CO(MMISSARIO)  ^  1487. 
Tommaso  di  Piero  di  Nicolo  di  Tommaso  was  a  brother  of  Antonio 
Malegonelle  and  Prior  in  Florence  in  1485. 
Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 


62 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


Bibl. ; 


C,  s.v.  Malegonelle;  P.,  33^;  W.,  151. 


Fig.  60.    ToMMASo  Malegonellj. 


69     STEMMA  OF  A.  BERTINI. 
Priori.   Photo.,  Private. 


1 486-1 487.     Volterra,   Palazzo  dei 


Within  a  wreath  of  triplex  bunches  of  fruit  separated  by  fiuted  trans- 
verse ribbons  set  against  a  fluted  violet  (imitation  of  porphyry)  disk  is  an 
oval  shield  (Fig.  61)  with  the  Bertini  arms:  Argent,  two  bendlets  asiire 
accompanied  by  two  mullets  of  eight  points  or. 


Fig.  61.    A.  Bertini. 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


63 


Below  is  a  horizontal  scroll  inscribed : 
A CHO   DI 


BERTINI    C(APITAN)0    i486  E   1487 
Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 
Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Bertini. 

70     STEMMA  OF  LORENZO  DI  ANGELO  CARDUCCL     1487.     Pi- 
stoia,  Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,  Private. 


Unframed,  and  without  an  inscribed  tablet,  a  tournament  shield  (Fig. 
62)  bears  the  arms  of  Lorenzo  Carducci,  who  according  to  the  records 
held  the  otlice  of  Podesta  at  Pistoia  from  the  first  of  April,  1487.     The 


Fig.  62.    Carducci  Arms. 


Carducci  arms  are :  Barry  of  six  argent  and  a^iirc,  a  bend  or.  Lorenzo  di 
Angelo  di  Bartolo  Carducci  was  Prior  of  Florence  in  1474,  Gonfaloniere 
in  1483,  and  Prior  again  in  1488.  His  son  Angelo  was  Capitano  at  Pistoia 
in  1523. 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 
Documents : 
I.   "Po   pistorij-cum 

uno  judice  doctorato 

uno  Milite  socio  not° 

duobus  alijs  notarijs 

Quattuor  domicellis 

XV  famul.  inter  quos 

sit  I  con(stabilis) 

Quattuor  equis 


cum  salario  libr.  duarum 
iniHum  quadrlgentarum 
pro  quoHbet  semestrj  sibi 
solvendarum  ad(i)c('t)a  cnmu- 
nitate  pistorij 


64  ROBBIA  HERALDRY 

Laurentius  angeli  bart°  carduccj  -  ex  -  84  -  die  -  p°  -  ap(ri)lis  1487" 
[Archivio  di  Stato.     Registrum  Extrinsecorum  1472-1491  segnalo  Tratte 
69  c.  27] 

2.  "1487.     Lor°  d'Agnolo  Carduccj  P°  p°  Aple" 

[Archiv.  di  Stato  Cod.  Carta  intit.  Ufizi  Diversi  Sec.  XVII  Segnato 
Sched.  Manoscritti  No.  496,  a  c.  417.] 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Carducci;  P.,  624-626  (gives  the  bend  gules);  W.,  134. 

71     EMBLEM  OF  JESUS.     1487.     Perugia,   S.  Pietro  dei  Cassinensi, 
Refectory.     Photo.,  Private. 

Framed  in  continuous  wreaths  of  fruit  and  flowers,  set  on  the  vaults 
of  the  refectory  of  S.  Pietro  dei  Cassinensi  are  three  medalhons,  the  cen- 
tral one  containing  the  emblem  of  Jesus    (Fig.   63),   which  consists   of 


Fig.  63.     Emblem  of  Jesus 

the  first  three  letters  of  the  name  It^ctous,  latinized  as  J(esus)  H(ominum) 
S(alvator).  It  was  frequently  in  Franciscan  monasteries  associated  with 
S.  Bernardino.  Here,  however,  it  appears  to  be  used  as  a  general  Chris- 
tian rather  than  a  specifically  Franciscan  emblem.  The  emblem  may  be 
described  heraldically  as:  Asure,  monogram  of  Jesus  or,  surrounded  by 
twenty-four  rays  alternately  straight  and  wavy  of  the  same.  This  is  a 
documented  monument,  of  the  year  1487,  by  Benedetto  Buglioni. 


ROBBIA  HER.'VLDRY  65 

Bibl. : 

Fabriczy,  Riv.  d'Artc,  II  (1904),  140  (Doc). 

72  EMBLEM  OF  JESUS,    c.  1487.     Perugia,  S.  Pietro  dei  Cassinensi, 
Hall  before  Refectory.     Photo.,  Fotog.  dell'  Emilia,  Bologna. 

On  the  predella  or  base  of  the  lunette  representing  Christ  and  the  Sa- 
maritan Woman  at  the  Well  two  flying  angels  support  a  wreath  contain- 
ing the  Sacred  Name  or  Emblem  of  Jesus,  executed  in  gold  on  a  blue 
ground. 

By  Benedetto  Buglioni. 

Bibl. : 

Same  as  preceding. 

73  EMBLEM  OF  JESUS,     c.  1487.     Paris,  Collection  of  fimile  Gavet. 
( formerly. ) 

The  letters  I  H  S  are  in  Gothic  form,  yellow  against  a  blue  ground.  The 
frame  has  an  inner  cord  moulding  and  is  ornamented  with  garlands  of 
green  leaves  and  small  blue  and  white  flowers  divided  by  yellow  bands  into 
eight  sections. 

Bibl. : 

Gavet  Sale  of  1897,  Cat.,  no.  196. 

74  EMBLEM  OF  JESUS,     c.  1487.     Paris,  Collection  of  fimile  Gavet, 
(formerly). 

This  medallion  is  slightly  oval,  0.31m  x  0.295m.,  concave  in  the  centre, 
where  are  the  letters  I  H  S,  and  convex  in  the  outer  zone  where  are  the 
rays  of  light.    Letters  and  rays  are  yellow,  background  blue. 

Robbia  School. 

Bibl. : 

Gavet  Sale  of  1897,  Cat.,  No.  197;  Molinier,  Coll.  Gavet,  6,  No.  11, 
second  frontispiece. 

75  EMBLEM  OF  JESUS,     c.   1487.     New  York,  Bardini  Collection, 
Sale  of  April  1918.    Diam.,  0.635m. 

Within  a  wreath  of  triplex  bunches  of  fruit  separated  by  fluted  ribbons 


66 


ROBBIA  HER.'\LDRY 


is  a  blue  plate  (Fig.  64)  containing  in  yellow  the  Sacred  Name  or  Mono- 
gram, I  H  S,  from  which  radiate  straight  and  wavy  streaks  of  golden  light. 
Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 


Bibl. 


Bardini  Sale  of  1908,  Cat.,  No.  364. 


Fig.  64.     Emblem   of  Jesus. 

76     EMBLEM   OF   JESUS,     c.    1487.      Vienna,    Collection   of    Prince 
Liechtenstein.     Photo.,  Liechtenstein  Gallery. 

Within  a  polychromatic  wreath  of  fruit,  flowers  and  wheat  irregularly 
composed,  and  an  inner  cord  moulding,  set  against  a  blue  disk  is  the  em- 
blem of  Jesus  I  H  S  in  yellow  letters  surmounted  by  straight  and  wavy 
streaks  of  golden  light. 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 


77     STEMMA   OF    POPE   INNOCENT    VIII    (1484-1492).      Rome, 
Vatican,  Sala  Borgia.     Photo.,  Alinari,  11874;  Brogi,  16414. 

Supported  by  two  angels,  in  style  of  Antonio  Rossellino  and  Verrocchio, 
is  a  large  wreath  of  continuous  fruit  and  flowers  within  which  is  a  berib- 
boned  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  65)  bearing  the  Cibo  arms:  Gules,  a  bend 
chequy  argent  and  azure;  in  a  chief  argent,  a  cross  of  the  Teutonic  Order 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


67 


gules.     Above  the  shield  is  the  Papal  tiara,  and  keys  in  saltire  or  and 
argent,  indicating  that  these  are  the  arms  of  that  most  illustrious  member 
of  the  Cibo  family,  Giovanni  Battista,  who  was  Pope  from  1484  to  1492 
under  the  name  of  Innocent  VIII. 
By  Benedetto  Buglioni. 


Bibl. : 

Begni,  126;  Cr.,  333. 


i»?f*r.'" 


Fig.  65.     Innocent  VIII. 

78     STEMMA  OF  OTTAVIANO  DI  CESARE  PETRUCCI. 
Poppi,  Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,  Alinari,  No.  9794. 


1488. 


Within  a  wreath  of  triplex  bunches  of  fruit  set  on  a  fiat  blue  plate 
is  a  notched  tournament  shield  (Fig.  66)  bearing  the  Petrucci  arms:  Ar- 
gent, a  cross  gnlcs  between  two  mullets  of  eight  rays  azure,  a  chief  gules 


Fig.  66.     Ott.^wiano  Petrucci. 


68  ROBBIA  HERALDRY 

of  the  Eastern  Empire  with  a  double-headed  eagle  displayed  or.  The  stem- 
ma  does  not  fit  the  wreath  and  its  tinctures  suggest  that  it  may  be  modern. 
The  wreath,  however,  and  the  tablet  below  it  are  certainly  old.  The  tablet 
is  inscribed : 

OTTAVIANO  >■  DI 

CESERE  4  PETRV 

CCI  >  V(ICARI)0  -♦-  1488  -f 
Ottaviano  di  Cesare  di  Domenico  di  Jano  Petrucci  was  Prior  of  Florence 
in  1484. 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Petrucci;  P.,  801-802;  W.,  164. 

79     STEMMA  OF  CESARE  DI  DOMENICO  PETRUCCI.    1487-1488. 
Borgo  San  Sepolcro,  Palazzo  Tribunale.    Photo.,  Private. 

A  wreath  of  fruit  schematically  arranged  in  groups  of  three,  bound  to- 
gether by  ribbons  straight  across,  contains  a  flat  blue  plate  on  which  is  a 
notched  or  tournament  shield  (Fig.  67)  bearing  the  Petrucci  arms;    Ar- 


Fig.  67.    Cesare  Petrucci. 

gent,  a  cross  gules  between  two  mullets  of  eight  rays  azure,  a  chief  of  the 
Eastern  Empire  gules  with  a  double-headed  eagle  displayed  or. 
Below  is  a  scroll  unrolled  inscribed : 
CESERE  >■  DI    DOM 
ENICO  -♦■  PETRV 

CCI  +  C(OMMISSARI)0  -♦-  1487  E  1488  -♦- 
Cesare  di  Domenico  di  Tano  Petrucci  had  been  a  Prior  in  Florence  in 
1445,  1460,  1472  and  1478. 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

Same  as  preceding. 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY  69 

80     STEMMA  OE  RTSTORO  DI  ANTONIO  DI  SALVESTRO  SER- 
RISTORI.     1488.     Pistoia,  Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  wreath  of  triplex  bunches  of  fruit  separated  by  transverse  fluted 
ribbons  set  against  a  mottled  violet  (imitation  of  iwrphyry)  disk  is  an  oval 


Fig.  68.     Ristoro   Serristori. 

shield  (Eig.  68)  bearing  the  Serristori  arms:  Azure,  a  fess  argent  between 
three  mullets  of  eight  points  or,  in  chief  the  label  of  Anjou. 
Below  is  a  horizontal  scroll  inscribed : 

RISTORO  +  0(1)  ANTONI 
O  >  DI   SALVESTRO  +  S(ER) 
RISTORI  >  C(OMMISSARI)0  +  1488  -f 
Ser  Ristoro  d'Antonio  di  Salvestro  (or  Salvatore)  di  Serristori  had  been 
a  Prior  of  Elorence  in  1460,  1470,  1481,  and  1485  and  Gonfaloniere  in 
1470  and  1485. 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 


Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Serristori;  P.,  703-705;  W.,  174. 

81  STEMMA  OF  DOMENICO  BARTOLI.  c.  1488.  La  Verna,  Cap- 
pella  di  S.  Maria  degli  Angeli.  Photos.,  Alinari,  9823-9824;  Agostini, 
568. 

(i)  At  the  dexter  end  of  the  predella  of  the  Cintola  altarpiece  an  oval 
shield  (Eig.  69)  is  blazoned  with  the  arms  of  Domenico  Bartoli,  who  in 


70 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


1488  was  given  permission  to  decorate  this  chapel.  His  arms  are:  Per 
bend  embattled  or  (chief)  and  gules  (base),  accompanied  by  two  stars  of 
eight  points  counterchanged.     Domenico  di  Giovanni  di  Domenico  di  Tom- 


..^ .       . 

Fig.  69.    Domenico  Bartoli. 

maso  Bartoli  was  married  to  Maddalena  Rucellai  in  1448.     He  was  Gon- 
faloniere  of  Florence  in  1488  and  1497,  and  a  Prior  in  1501. 

By  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Bartoli;  P.,  473-475. 

(2)  At  the  dexter  end  of  the  predella  of  the  Nativity  altarpiece  in  the 
same  chapel  on  an  oval  shield  (Fig.  70)  is  again  displayed  the  stemma  of 
Domenico  Bartoli. 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

As  above. 


82  STEMMA  OF  MADDALENA  RUCELLAL  c.  1488.  La  Verna, 
Cappella  di  S.  Maria  degli  Angeli.  Photos.,  Alinari,  9822,  9825; 
Agostini,  569. 


(i)  At  the  sinister  end  of  the  predella  of  the  Cintola  altarpiece  an  oval 
shield  (Fig.  71)  bears  the  arms  of  Maddalena  Rucellai,  wife  of  Dome- 
nico Bartoli,  whose  arms  are  on  the  dexter  end  of  the  predella.     Her  arms 


Fig.  70.     DoMENico  Bartoli  and  Emblem  of  Jesus. 

are :  Per  bend :  in  chief  gules  a  lion  passant  argent;  in  base,  barry  indented 
asure  and  or.     Her  family  held  high  offices  many  times  in  Florence. 
By  Andrea  della  Robbia. 


Fig.  71.     Maddalena  Ruceixai. 


72 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


Bibl. 


C,  s.v.  Rucellai;  P.,  257-260;  W.,  170-171. 

(2)  At  the  sinister  end  of  the  predella  of  the  Pieta  altarpiece  in  the 
same  chapel  on  an  oval  shield  is  again  displayed  the  stemma  of  Maddelena 
Rucellai  (Fig.  72). 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 
As  above. 


Fig.  72.     Emblem  of  Jesus  and  .'\rms  of  Madd.^lena  Rucellai. 

83     STEMMA  OF  THE  ALESSANDRI  FAMILY,  c.  1488.  La  Verna, 
Cappella  delle  Stimate.    Photo.,  Private. 


At  each  end  of  the  predella  of  the  Crucifixion  altarpiece  in  the  Cappella 
delle  Stimate  is  a  disk  (Fig.  jt,)  containing  the  Alessandri  arms:  Azure, 
a  double-headed  lamb  trippant  argent. 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


73 


Niccolaio  d'Ugo  di  Bartolo  Alessandri,  who  held  the  office  of  Prior  in 
Florence  in  1435  and  of  Gonfaloniere  in  1459,  was  elected  by  the  Arte 
della  Lana  in  1432  to  be  one  of  the  first  Conservatori  del  Sacro  Monte 


(La  Verna).  Possibly  in  his  honor  this  altarpiece  was  set  up  by  his  son 
Maso.  Maso  di  Niccolaio  was  himself  Gonfaloniere  of  Florence  in  1466 
and  again  in  1488. 

By  Andrea  della  Robbia. 


Bibl.: 


C,  s.v.  Alessandri;  Mencherini,  69-70;  204-208;  P.,  455-457;  W.,  125. 


74 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


84    EMBLEM  OF  S.  ANTONIO  ABATE. 
Maggiore.     Photo.,  Alinari,  9833. 


c.  1488.    La  Verna,  Chiesa 


S.  Antonio  is  sometimes  to  be  identified  by  the  Tau  cross  on  his  monkish 
robe;  more  frequently  this  aged  saint,  the  friend  of  the  peasant  class,  car- 
ries a  crutch  and  is  accompanied  by  a  pig   (Fig.  74).     Here  the  pig  is 


Fig.  74- 


Antonio  Abate. 


treated  more  or  less  heraldically,  being  placed  in  the  console,  a  position 
often  selected  for  coats  of  arms. 
By  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

M.,  Sc.  Mag.,  1893,  697;  R.,  D.R.,  176;  Sc.  FL,  III,  162. 

85     STEMMA   OF   LORENZO    DI    GIOVANNI    BARTOLI.      1488, 
1489.    Borgo  San  Sepolcro,  Palazzo  Tribunale.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  wreath  of  eight  bunches  of  fruit,  in  groups  of  three,  separated 
by  ribbons  straight  across,  and  motion  opposed  to  that  of  hands  of  clock, 
is  a  flat  blue  plate  containing  a  kite  shaped  shield  (Fig.  75)  displaying  the 
Bartoli  arms:  Per  bend  embattled  or  and  gules,  in  each  a  mullet  of  eight 
rays  counterchanged. 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


75 


,LOiJ H^ 

VAn;iii..  ro 

ll-O  {A- tii^£ 
Fig.  75.     Lorenzo  Bartoli. 

Below  is  a  plain  rectangular  tablet  inscribed : 
LORENZO  +  DI   GIO 
VANNI  +  BARTO 

LI  ^  CHA(PITANO)  -f  1488  E  1489  + 
There  appear  to  have  been  two  of  this  name :   Lorenzo  di  Giovanni  di 
Tommaso  di  Domenico,  Prior  of  Florence  in  1470;  and  Lorenzo  di  Gio- 
vanni di  Domenico  di  Tommaso,  Prior  of  Florence  in  1490. 
Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C.,  s.v.  BartoH;  P.,  473-474. 


86  STEMMA  OF  VALERIO  TOMMASI  CARBONATL  c.  1489. 
Arezzo,  S.  Maria  in  Grado,  Cappella  di  S.  Pietro  in  Vinculis.  Photo., 
Alinari,  9722. 

On  the  predella  of  the  altarpiece  of  the  Madonna  della  Misericordia  at 
each  end  is  an  oval  shield  (Fig.  76),  with  the  arms  of  Valerio  Tommasi 
Carbonati :  Gules,  two  mounts  of  six  tops  each  vert;  in  base  a  rose  or. 
The  coat  of  arms  on  this  well  known  altarpiece  has  hitherto  escaped  rec- 
ognition, but  the  parish  priest  Sac.  Anastasio  Baini  writes  to  Mr.  Rufus 
G.  Mather  that  a  sepulchral  inscription  in  front  of  the  chapel  together 
with  researches  in  the  parish  archives  reveal  the  founder  of  the  chapel  as 
Sig.  Valerio  Tommasi  Carbonati,  member  of  a  noble  family  of  Arezzo, 
who  gave  and  endowed  the  altar. 

By  Andrea  della  Robbia. 


Bibl. : 


Cr.,  182;  R.,  D.  R.,  197-199;  Sc.  Fl,  III,  172-174. 


Fig.  76.    Valerio  Tommasi  Carbonati. 


87     STEMMA  OF  LORENZO  DI  PIERO  AND  FRANCESCO  DI 
LORENZO  DAVANZATL     i486,  1490.    Pistoia,  Campanile.    Pho- 
to., Private. 
Unframed,  a  kite  shaped  shield  (Fig.  T])  bears  the  Davanzati  arms: 

Azure,  a  lion  rampant  or. 


^^OREN^O-DIPIBRO^U-' 

I    N*.f)y\\'£AIIVATI.P.I4^«/r./^ 


ITATIP-ltS^" 


SCQ-SVOfI  -^  / 


Fig.  77.     Lorenzo  and  Francesco  Davanzati. 

Below,  a  tabcUa  afisata  is  inscribed: 

LORENZO  >■  DI     PIERO  ^ 

DAVANZATI  +  P(ODEST)A  +  i486  > 

E  FRA(N)CESCO  +  SVO  +  FI 

GLIOLO  +  P(ODEST)A  -f  1490  -f 
Lorenzo  di  Piero  di  Niccolaio  Davanzati  had  been  Prior  in  Florence  in 
1461  and  1485,  and  his  son  Francesco  in  1488. 
By  Andrea  della  Robbia. 


Bibl. 


C,  s.v.  Davanzati ;  P.  267-269;  W.,  137. 


78  ROBBIA  HERALDRY 

88  STEMMA  OF  THE  DAVANZATI  FAMILY,    c.  1490.    Florence, 
Bardini  Collection  (1895). 

Within  a  fruit  frame  against  a  flat  violet  disk  is  a  shield  with  the  Davan- 
zati  arms :  Azure,  a  lion  rampant  or. 

Probably  ordered  by  Lorenzo  or  Francesco  Davanzati,  in  whose  honour 
a  stemma  and  tablet  were  set  up  at  Pistoia  in  1490. 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia; 

Bibl. : 

Same  as  the  preceding. 

89  STEMMA  OF  GINO  DI  GIULIANO  GINORI.     1489,  1490.     San 
Giovanni  in  Valdarno,  Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  wreath  of  fruit,  flowers  and  wheat,  in  which  the  fruit  is  ar- 
ranged in  transverse  lines  of  three,  against  a  blue,  fluted  disk  is  set  a  kite 


,^   ■  '— -  -  -  -^^ 

Fig.  78.    GiNO  Ginori. 


shaped  shield  (Fig.  78)  containing  the  Ginori  arms:  Azure,  a  bend  or 
charged  with  three  mullets  of  eight  points  of  the  field.  To  this  is  added, 
in  chief,  a  lily  or. 

Below  is  a  horizontal  scroll  inscribed : 

A  GINO  A  DI  GIVL 
lANO  A  GINORI 
A  1489  A  E    1490 
Gino  di  Giuliano  di  Francesco  was  a  Prior  of  Florence  in  1455  and  Gon- 


ROMP.TA  TIER. \I. DRV 


79 


faloniere  as  well  as  Prior  in  1495.     His  son  Alesandro  was  Podesta  and 
Coniniissario  at  Castij^lione  Fiorentino  in  1507. 
By  Benedetto  Buglioni. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Ginori ;  P.,  460-462. 

90     STli.MMA  Ol'    liEKXARDC)    1)1   PAZZIXU   DI   LUCALBERTI. 
1490.     Scarperia,  Palazzo  del  Vicariate.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  continuous  wreath  irregularly  composed  of  fruit,  wheat  and 
flowers,  a  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  79)  bears  the  Lucalberti  arms:  Azure,  a 
vol  or. 


^  ♦<  -i)r\,i 


:*^ 


FiG.  79.     Bernardo  Lucalberti. 

Below,  on  a  horizontal  scroll  is  inscribed : 

A  BERNARDO  A  DI 

PAZINO  A  DILUC 

A  A  ALBERTI  A  V(ICARI)0  A  1490 
Bernardo  di   Pazzino  di  Eucalberti   was  a  Prior  in  Elorence  in   1452, 
1469,  and  Gonfaloniere  in  1480. 
Robbia  School. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Lucalberti;  P.,  470;  W.,  150. 


8o  ROBBIA  HERALDRY 

91     STEMMA  OF  PIERO  DI  NICCOLO  DEL  BENINO.     1489,  1..90. 
Volterra,  Palazzo  dei  Priori.     Photo.,  Alinari,  34619. 

Within  a  wreath  of  fruit  in  triplex  bunches  separated  by  plain,  trans- 
verse ribbons,  and  an  inner  egg  and  dart  moulding  is  a  beribboned  Tuscan 
shield  (Fig.  80)  bearing  the  del  Benino  arms:  Argent,  a  unicorn  rampant 
gules. 


i 

Fig.  80.    PiERo  DEL  Benino. 

Below  is  a  horizontal  scroll  inscribed : 

►  PIERO  ►  DI    NICOLO  ►  DANDREA  ► 

DEL  BENINO  ►  CAPITANO  A  1489  A  90 

PIETRO  ►  DIGHIRIGORO  ►  DEL  BENI(N)0  ►  1441 

FRANCESCO  ►  DI  NICOLO  ►  D(E)L  BE(NIN)0  ►  1450 

Piero  di  Niccolo  d'Andrea  del  Benino  here  records  not  only  his  own 

office  as  captain  in  1489  and  1490,  but  that  of  his  relatives  Pietro  di  Geri- 

goro  and  Francesco  di   Niccolo.     The  latter  was  probably  his  brother. 

Members  of  this  family  held  the  office  of  Prior  in  Florence  thirty-one 

times  and  that  of  Gonfaloniere  five  times. 

Robbia  School.    Frame,  Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 


Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Benini;  P..  387. 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY  8i 

92     STEMMA  OF  THE  MANNELLI  FAMILY.    Frame  c.  1490.    New 
York,  Bardini  Sale  of  191 8. 

Within  a  wreath  of  alternating  bunches  of  pine  cones  and  quinces  sepa- 
rated by  transverse  grooved  ribbons  and  an  inner  wreath  of  acorn  branches 
on  a  blue  plate,  is  set  a  beribboned  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  81)  bearing  the 


Fig.  81.    Mannelli  Arms. 

Mannelli  arms :    Gules,  three  swords  bendwise  in  pale  argent,  hilted  or;  a 
chief  of  the  Teutonic  Order,  argent,  a  cross  potent  gules  (here  brown). 
Various  members  of  this  family  held  high  office  in  Florence. 
Frame,  Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

Bardini  Sale  of  1918,  Cat.,  No.  363;  C,  s.v.  Manelli;  P.,  453-454; 
W.,  151. 

93     EMBLEM  OF  THE  SFORZA  FAMILY,    c.  1490.    S.  Flora,  Pieve. 
Photos.,  Alinari,  9277;  Lombardi,  1370. 

The  base  of  Andrea  della  Robbia's  charming  relief  representing"  the  Bap- 
tism consists  of  a  frieze  which  extends  also  beneath  the  frame.  It  is 
ornamented  with  a  series  of  yellow  quinces  (Fig.  82)  with  green  leaves 
and  brown  stems,  the  emblem  of  the  Sforza  family  who  had  a  castle  in  the 
vicinity  and  were  patrons  of  the  Pieve. 

By  Andrea  della  Robbia. 


i:ijii^:i^^iji. 


Fig.  82.     Sforza  Emblem. 


Bibl. : 

C-M.,  254  No.  315;  C,  s.v.  Sforza  di  Milaiio;  Cr.,  219;  Repetti,  s.v. 
Santa  Fiora;  R.,  D.  R.,  192-194;  Sc.  FL,  III,  170-171;  S.,  109,  Abb. 
115- 


94     MONOGRAM   OF   THE   TRINITY,     c.    1490.     Arezzo,   Duomo. 
Photo,  Alinari,  9702. 

At  either  end  of  the  predella  of  the  aharpiece  of  the  Trinity  is  the  symbol 
of  the  Compagnia  della  Trinita,  the  donors  of  the  altarpiece  (Fig.  83). 
It  consists  of  the  letters  TRS,  for  TR(INITA)S.  In  the  centre  of  the 
predella  is  a  medallion  of  the  Madonna  worshipped  by  the  members  of  the 
Compagnia. 

By  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

B.,  Denk.  84,  Taf.  260;  Cr.,  170;  R.,  D.  R.,  xiT,  Sc.  Fl.,  III.  162; 
Vas.,  II,  179. 


Fig.  83.     CoMPAGNiA    della    Trinita. 


95     STEMMA  OF  THE  BECCHI-FIBBIAI  FAMILY,    c.  1490.    Lon- 
don, Victoria  and  Albert  Museum,  No.  4563-'58.     Photo.,  Private. 


Within  a    frame  containing-  egg  and  dart    (outer)    and   pearl    (inner) 


84 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


mouldings  on  a  violet  disk  is  a  beribboned  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  84)  show- 
ing the  Becchi-Fibbiai  arms :  Azure,  a  pine  tree  on  a  mount  of  six  sum- 
mits accompanied  by  two  lions  affronty,  all  proper. 

Between  1437  and  15^7  this  family  gave  to  Florence  thirteen  Priors. 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 


Bibl. 


ii^i0^ 


Fig.  84.     Becchi-Fibbiai. 


C-]\I.,  270  No.  403;  C,  s.v.  Becchi-Fibbiai;  Cr.,  346;  P.,  261;  Robin- 
son, 71  No.  4563. 


96     EMBLEM  OF  S.  LORENZO. 

lection.  Sale  of  April,  1918. 


c.  1490.     New  York,  Bardini  Col- 


Within  a  wreath  of  fruit  of  triplex  composition  separated  by  plain  bands 
is  a  white  egg  and  dart  moulding  enclosing  a  blue  disk  (Fig.  85)  on  which 
is  a  gridiron  violet  (gules)  from  which  spring  two  ears  of  wheat  in  saltire 
or  and  a  cross  botonny,  fitched,  argent. 

A  different  emblem  of  S.  Lorenzo  may  be  seen  at  S.  Marco  \'ecchio, 
near  Florence. 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 


Bibl. : 

Bardini  Sale  of  1918,  Cat.,  No.  362. 


Fig.  85.     Emblem  of  S.  Loren'zo. 

97  EMBLEM  OF  S.  LORENZO.     Florence  (near),  S.  Marco  Vecchio. 

The  suburban  chapel  of  S.  Marco  Vecchio  was  a  dependency  of  the 
Florentine  church  of  S.  Lorenzo.  Accordingly  over  the  portal  was  placed 
a  medallion  showing  a  gridiron  sable,  from  which  issued  two  palms  vert 
and  above  which  is  a  crown  or. 

Robbia  School. 

98  STEMMA  OF  BARTOLOMMEO  BUONDELMONTI  AND  HIS 
WIFE  ALESSANDRA  PAZZI.  c.  1490.  Baltimore,  Collection  of 
Mr.  Henry  Walters.     Photo,  Private. 

On  the  base  of  the  frame  of  the  relief  representing  the  Madonna  ador- 
ing the  Child  two  winged  putti  serve  as  supporters  of  a  medallion  contain- 
ing the  joint  Buondelmonti  and  Pazzi  arms  (Fig.  86).  Arms  in  medal- 
lions rather  than  shields  are  not  uncommon  in  Robbia  ware  and  do  not 
necessarily  indicate  the  arms  of  a  woman.  In  this  case,  for  example,  the 
joint  arms  refer  to  a  marriage,  without  doubt  that  of  Bartolommeo  di 
Rosso  Buondelmonti  and  of  Alessandra  daughter  of  Guglielmo  Pazzi  and 
of  Bianca  di  Piero  de'Medici,  sister  of  Lorenzo  the  Magnificent.  This 
took  place  in  1483.  The  dexter  arms  are  those  of  the  Buondelmonti:  Ar- 
gent, a  cross  of  Calvary  gules  on  a  mount  of  six  tops  azure;  the  sinister 


86 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


arms  are  those  of  the  Pazzi :  Azure,  two  dolphins  hauriant,  embowed,  ad- 
dorsed  or  with  five  crosslets  of  the  same,  in  chief  a  label  of  Anjou. 
Bv  Andrea  della  Robbia. 


Fig.  86.     Bartolommeo   Buondelmonti   .\nd  His  Wife. 


Bibl. : 


C-M.,  351  No.  291 ;  C,  s.v.  Bondelmonti,  Pazzi;  Litta,  VII,  s.v.  Pazzi, 
Tav.  9;  M.,  D.  R.  A.,  67-68,  Fig.  28:  W.,  162. 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY 

99     STEMMA    OF   GIOVAXXI    BATTISTA   CORBINELLI. 
V^olterra,  Palazzo  dei  Priori.     Photo.,  Alinari,  34619. 


87 

1490. 


Within  a  wreath  of  fruit  and  flowers  in  triplex  bunches  separated  by 
grooved,  transverse  ribbons  is  set  a  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  87)  bearing-  the 
Corbinelli  arms:  Azure,  a.  stag  salient  argent. 


Fig.  87.     Giovanni  Corbinelli. 

Below  is  a  horizontal  scroll  inscribed  : 

G(I)OVA(N)   BATISTA  ^  DAN 
TONIO  ^  CORBINEGLI 
CA(PITANO)  -H490  E  BERNARDO 
DITOMASO  >  CA(PITANO)  >-  E  CO 
MISSARIO  ^  1471  ^ 
Bernardo  di  Tommaso  Corbinelli,  who  held  the  office  of  Capitano  and 
Conimissario  in  1471,  evidently  did  not  record  the  fact  by  setting  up  his 
coat  of  arms.    This  record  was  accordingly  made  by  his  relative  Giovanni 
Battista  d'Antonio  Corbinelli,  a  Capitano  in  1490.     Bernardo  was  a  Prior 
in  Florence  in  1445,  1452  and  1475,  and  Gonfaloniere  in  1458. 
Robbia  School. 


Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Corbinelli;  P.,  139-142. 

100     STEMMA  OF  THE  FIRODOLFI  F A:\IILY.   c.  1490.   New  York, 
Bardini  Collection,  Sale  of  April,  1918. 

Within  a  wreath  of  fruit  and  wheat  set  on  a  blue  plate  is  a  Tuscan  shield 
(Fig.  88)  beribboned  yellow,  bearing  the  arms  :  Argent,  a  bend  buff.  The 
bend  could  not  have  been  or,  since  this  would  be  setting  a  metal  on  metal. 


88  ROBBIA  HERALDRY 

iNor  could  it  have  been  intended  to  be  buff.    Possibly  the  intention  was  to 
make  the  bend  gides,  in  which  case  it  would  represent  the  Firodolfi  arms. 
Robbia  School. 


Fig.  88.     Firodolfi  Arms. 

Bibl. : 

Bardini  Sale  of  1918,  Cat,  No.  361;  C,  s.v.  Firodolfi;  W.,  140. 

101     STEMMA    OF    ANTONIO    DI    GIOVANNI    LORINI.      1491. 
Scarperia,  Palazzo  del  Vicariato.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  continuous  wreath  irregularly  composed  of  fruit  and  flowers, 
with  insects,  is  a  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  89)  beribboned  on  a  flat  plate  bear- 
ing the  Lorini  arms:  Asure,  a  mount  of  six  tops  or,  from  which  spring 
four  sprigs  or  lilies  of  the  same. 

Below,  on  a  horizontal  scroll,  terminating  in  spirals,  is  inscribed : 
A  ANTONIO  A  DIG(I)0 
VANNI  A  LORINI  A 
V(ICARI)0  A  1491 
Antonio  di  Giovanni  d'Antonio  di  Filippo  di  Lorini  di  Bonaiuto  Lorini 
was  a  Prior  in  Florence  in  1463,  Gonfaloniere  in  1485,  and  Prior  again  in 

1494- 

By  Benedetto  Buglioni. 

C.,  s.v.  Lorini;  P.,  412-414. 


Fig.  90.     Lorenzo  Benvenuti. 


Fig.  89.     Antonio  Lorini. 

102  STEMMA  OF  LORENZO  DI  MARIOTTO  BENVENUTI.   1490, 
1491.     Certaldo,  Palazzo  I'retorio.     Photo.,  Alinari,  8534. 

Within  a  wreath  of  continuous,  irregular  composition  of  fruit,  wheat 
and  flowers,  is  set  a  beribboned  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  90),  bearing  the  Ben- 
venuti arms  (unglazed)  :  Gtilcs,  a  liend  or  charged  with  three  swallows 
sable,  flanked  by  two  roses  or. 

Below  is  a  horizontal  scroll,  terminating  in  spirals,  inscribed : 
A  LORENZO  A  DIM 
ARIOTTO  A  BENVE 
NVTI  A  V(ICARI)0  A  1490  A  1491 
By  Benedetto  Buglioni. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Benvenuti  del  Ouartiere  S.  Maria  Novella  di  I'^irenze. 

103  STEMMA  OF  THE  DEL  PUGLIESE  FAMILY,    c.  1491.    Ros- 
lyn.  L.  I.,  Collection  of  Mr.  Stanley  Mortimer.     Photo..  Private. 


On  the  console  of  a  round  headed  relief  of  the  Madonna  adoring  the 
Child  between  two  cornucopias  is  a  wreath  enclosing  a  Tuscan  shield  bear- 
ing the  Del  Pugliese  arms :  Or.  three  bars  guIcs,  accompanied  in  chief  by 
a  demi-lion  issuant  of  the  same. 

Francesco  di  Filippo  di  Francesco  di  Jacopo  del  Pugliese,  a  Prior  of 


90 


ROBBIA  HER.^\LDRY 


Florence  in  1490  and  again  in  1499,  may  liave  commissioned  this  relief. 
Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C.  s.v.  Pugliese;  M.,  D.  R.  A.,  yy ;  P.,  851-852. 

104     STEMMA  OF  THE  CITY  OF  PRATO.     1491-1492.     Prato,  S. 
Maria  delle  Carceri.     Photos.,  Alinari,  10063;  Brogi,  12756. 

In  the  church  of  S.  Maria  delle  Carceri,  of  which  Giuliano  da  San  Gallo 
was  the  architect,  the  vault  is  decorated  by  four  medallions  of  the  Evange- 
lists by  Andrea  della  Robbia,  for  which  he  received  payment  in  1491.  In 
1491  and  1492  he  was  paid  for  the  frieze  which  consists  of  candelabra  and 
garlands,  broken  at  intervals  by  medallions  or  wreaths  of  fruit  and  flow- 


■"<fW        ..MISL      „.»I1>L 


Fig.  91.     City  of   Pr.\to. 


ers  composed  of  triplex  bunches  and  separated  by  transverse  ribbons.     At 
each  side  of  the  wreaths  are  fluttering  ribbons.     The  medallions  contain 
floriated  Tuscan  shields   (Fig.  91),  bearing  the  arms  of  Prato:    Azure, 
seme  of  fleurs-de-lys  or. 
By  Andrea  della  Robbia. 


Bibl. 


B.,  Denk.,  Taf.  267;  GigHoli,  a  Prato,  55-58  (Doc.)  ;  Passerini,  231; 
R.,  D.  R.,  186-187;  Sc.  FL,  III,  167;  S.,  119,  Abb.  130. 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY  91 

105     STEMMA  OF  THE  TONDINELLI  family,    c.  1492.    Arezzo,  Via 
Cavour,  49,  exterior.     Photo.,  Private 

Within  a  wreath  composed  of  fruit  in  g;roups  of  five  interspersed  with 
flowers  and  separated  by  fluted  ribbons,  set  on  a  violet  concave  disk,  is  a 
floriated  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  92),  bearing  the  Tondinelli  arms:  Per  pale, 
or  and  asiirc,  three  roundels  (or  tondinetti),  2  and  i,  counterchanged.  Sig. 
Ubaldo  Pasqui  thus  writes  to  Mr.  Rufus  G.  Mather  "Uno  degli  stemmi. 


Fig.  92.    Tondinelli. 

quello  piu  in  alto,  apposto  nella  casa  di  Via  Cavour  (n.  49)  appartemente 
oggi  al  Signor  Manzoni,  e  della  famiglia  Tondinelli,  la  quale  oggi  e  spenta. 
Proveniva  nel  secolo  xiv  da  Todi  e  fu  per  un  tempo  assai  cospicua  in  Arezzo. 
Memorabile  e  la  strage  di  questa  famiglia  fatta  nel  1502,  e  di  cui  trovasi 
notizia  in  un  Diario  del  Canonico  Pizzati  publicato  da  Oreste  Brizzi  nel 
1850." 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 


106  STEMMA  OF  A  MEMBER  OF  THE  MARSCIANO  FAMILY 
AND  HIS  WIFE.  c.  1492.  Arezzo,  Via  Cavour,  49,  exterior. 
Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  wreath  of  triplex  bunches  of  fruit  and  flowers  separated  by 
crossbands  of  fluted  ribbon,  set  on  a  blue  disk,  is  a  floriated  Tuscan  shield 
(Fig.  93),  bearing  a  marriage  coat  of  arms.  On  the  dexter  side  is  the 
stemma  of  the  Marsciano  family:  Gules,  a  fess  azure  between  (in  chief) 
three  interlacing  cords  or  and  (in  base)  three  lilies  of  the  same;  sinister 
argent,  five  bendlets  checkered  gules  and  or. 

Below  it  is  set  a  curved  scroll  inscribed  :  SVB  TVVM  ►  PRESIDIVM 
►  CONF(VGIMVS). 


92  ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


Fig.  93.     Marsciano  and  Wife. 

This  inscription  usually  occurs  beneath  a  Madonna,  especially  in  the 
works  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia,  and  is  improperly  associated  with  this 
stemma. 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

In  the  Armi  di  Famiglie  Toscani,  Cod.  Cart.  Sec.  XVIII  segnato 
Palatina,  Serie  Baldovinetti,  these  arms  are  said  to  be  In  Castro  Podij 
Aquilonis,  with  the  motto 

Qui  simul  ista  patrijs  virtutibus  arma 

Marscianos  rensuant  claros  in  orbe  Viros;  C,  s.v.  Marsciano. 


107     STEMMA  OF  THE  MARSCIANO  FAMILY,    c.  1492.    Florence, 
Bardini  Collection  (in  1895). 

Within  a  fruit  frame  on  a  blue  fluted  disk  is  an  oval  shield  with  the 
arms:  Gules,  a  fess  azure,  in  chief  a  cord  in  three  loops  or;  in  base  three 
lilies,  2  and  i,  of  the  same.  These  arms  appear  on  the  dexter  side  of  a 
stemma  in  the  Via  Cavour,  Arezzo. 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


93 


108  STEMMAOFFILIPPO  GUIDETTI.    c.  1492.    Florence,  Bardini 
Collection  (in  1895). 

Within  a  fruit  frame  on  a  flat  violet  disk  is  a  floriated  Tuscan  shield 
bearing  the  Guidetti  arms:  Paly  of  six  argent  and  a::urc,  in  chief  a  label  of 
three  points  gitlcs.  Possibly  the  arms  of  Filippo  Guidetti,  or  of  his  son 
Sebastiano  who  was  Vicario  at  San  Giovanni  in  Valdarno  in  1519. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Guidetti;  W.,  147. 

109  STEMMA  OF  GIOVANNI  G/\LEAZZO  TROTTI.     1492.     Flor- 
ence, Museo  Nazionale,  Cortile.     Photo.,  Alinari,  No.  2985. 

Within  a  wreath  of  ten  liunches  of  fruit,  of  triplex  composition,  sepa- 


Fig.  94.     Giov.\Nxi  Trutti. 


94  ROBBIA  HERALDRY 

rated  by  plain  transverse  ribbons  and  with  motion  like  that  of  the  hands 
of  a  clock,  is  set  a  flat  blue  plate  on  which  is  a  tournament  shield  (Fig.  94), 
displaying-  the  Trotti  arms :  Per  f  ess  or  and  aciire.  Above  this  is  a  helmet 
with  foliated  mantlings  vert  and  argent,  drawn  through  a  chaplet  and  held 
in  a  lion's  mouth.  Groups  of  Medici  rings  appear  in  the  field  above  and 
below.     In  chief  is  the  name  lO(HANNES)  G(ALEATU)S. 

Below,  a  winged  cherub  with  wiry  locks  unfolds  a  tablet  inscribed : 
INSIG(N)IA  -f  PREST(ANTISSIMI)  •    D(OMINI)  ■    lO(HANNI)  • 

GALEATI-   TROTTI- 
ALEXA(N)DRINI-    IVR(IS)CO(N)SVLTI  -    EQUITIS-    ET  -    CO- 
MIT  (IS)  - 
AC  M(EDIO)LANE(N)SIS-    DUCALIS-    PATRICII  -    PRETORIS- 

FLORE(NTINI)  - 
ANNO   VITE-    ET-     MORTIS-     MAG(NIFICI)  -    LAVRE(N)TII- 
MEDICE(I)  ■    43. 

Gian  Galeazzo  Trotti,  named  from  Gian  Galeazzo  Visconti,  was  a  de- 
scendant of  Emanuele  Trotti,  one  of  the  founders  of  Alessandria  in  Pied- 
mont. The  method  of  dating  is  interesting.  Lorenzo  de']\Iedici  was  born 
in  1449;  hence  the  forty-third  year  from  his  birth  would  fall  in  1492,  the 
year  of  his  death. 

By  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Trotti;  Cr.,  340. 

110     STEMMA  OF  PIETRO  DI  SIMONE  GHISLIERI.     1492.    Flor- 
ence, Museo  Nazionale,  Loggia.     Photo.,  Private. 

In  a  garland  of  fruit  and  flowers  in  triplex  groups  separated  by  trans- 
verse ribbons  is  a  flat  plate  (Fig.  95)  on  which  is  a  tournament  shield 
with  the  arms  of  the  Ghislieri  family:  Bendy  gules  and  argent  (instead 
of  gules  and  or,  as  given  by  Crollalanza).  Above  the  tournament  shield  is 
a  helmet  with  mantlings  crested  with  a  demi-dog  rampant,  above  whose 
head  is  a  scroll  inscribed :  -♦■  FAC  -♦■  BONUM  -f  The  field  also  contains  a 
comet,  small  comets  and  the  initials,  P(IETRO)  S(IMONE). 

Below  the  medallion  a  winged  cherub  unfolds  a  scroll  inscribed: 
MA(GNIFI)CI  *  AC  *  G(E)N(ER)OSI  *  EQUITIS  * 
COMITISO(VE)  *  PETRI  ♦  SIMONIS  ♦ 
DEISLERHS  +   DE  EXIO  *   FLORENTIE  ^   PRETORIS  +   1492   * 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Ghislieri ;  Cr.,  340. 


95 


Fig.  95.     PiETRo  Ghislieki. 

Ill     STEMMA  OF  NICCOLO  LELLI.    c.  1492.    Florence,  Museo  Na- 
zionale,  Cortile.     Photo.,  Giani. 

Within  a  soniewliat  irregularly  composed  garland  of  fruit  and  flowers 
separated  by  transverse  fluted  ribbons,  is  a  flat  disk  containing  a  scalloped 
kite  shaped  shield  (Fig.  96)  bearing  the  Lelli  arms:  Quartered  i  and  4, 
barry  indented  argent  and  gules;  2  and  3  azure,  a  tree  eradicated  proper 
with  motto:  AVE  F(LORENTIA)  and  AVE  P(OPULVS).  On  the 
flanks  are  small  French  shields,  one  argent  with  the  Croce  del  Popolo 
gules;  the  other  argent  with  the  lily  of  Florence  gules. 


96 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


.  ■  IMCHLI  TAtllCHOLEOSFECLnLIV/bARW 
( •  DIMISITHICMILESETCOAlESlEQ-iVQEr'reRi 
S  PR  ES  CH\/I  f^CSIGNIA  DEDITROPV/LVS 
I NOSTEP  ®E5Af\i ATVS  FROMERITISPR 
TOR  DV^  1  CHVNTIS^RA/^llNiSTRAJ 
GnNVITX^VFMTPE^-'fATFI  I  \/S-^r-j 


Fig.  96.     NiccoLO  Lelli. 

Below  is  a  rectangular  tablet  inscribed : 
INCHLITA-    NICHOLEOS-    HEC-    LELIVS  •    ARAIA- 
DIMISIT-     HIC-     MILES-     ET     COMES'     LEGHV(M)  •  QCXOE- 
ITERCVM)  ■ 
PRES(ES)-    CHVI-    HEC-    SIGNIA-    DEBIT-    POPVLVS 
NOSTER-   QVESANATVS-    PROMERITIS-    PRE 
TOR-    DUM  CHVNTIS-    GVRA  -    MINISTRAT- 
GENVIT  -   QVEM  •    TREVIA  •   TELLVS  «.- 

Robbia  School. 

Bibl. : 
Cr.,  340. 


112     STEMMA  OF  THE  DAVANZATI  FAMILY, 
peria,  Palazzo  del  Vicariate.     Photo.,  Private. 


c.    1492.      Scar- 


Within  a  wreath  consisting  of  semi-detached  bunches  of  fruit  and  flow- 
ers, set  against  a  concave  disk,  is  an  advanced  type  of  kite  shaped  shield 
(Fig.  97)  bearing  the  Davanzati  arms:   Azure,  a  lion  rampant  or. 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY  97 

On  the  same  Palazzo  there  is  a  niarlile  coat  of  arms  set  up  by  Tommaso 
di  Piero  di  Niccolo  Davanzati.  \'icario  at  Scarperia  in  1462.  The  Robbia 
stemma  appears  to  date  some  thirty  years  later,  and  may  have  commemo- 
rated the  \'icariate  of  one  of  Tommaso's  sons. 

Atelier  of  Benctletto  Buglioni. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Davanzati:  P.,  267-269;  \\',,  157. 


Fig.  97.     D.\v.\Nz.'\Ti  Arms. 

113  STEMMA  OF  THE  DUCCI  FAMILY,     c.   1492.     Anyhiari,   S. 
Bartolommeo.     Photo.,  Private. 

At  either  end  of  the  predella  of  the  altarpiece  of  the  Nativity  is  a  kite 
shaped  shield  enclosed  in  a  medallion.  The  shield  displays  the  following 
■arms:  Per  bend  gules  and  argent,  a  ring  with  chains  in  saltire  sable,  in 
chief  and  base  a  mullet  or.  The  Provost  Giuseppe  Conti  and  other  local 
authorities  define  these  as  the  arms  of  the  Ducci  family. 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C-M.,  223  No.  108;  Cr.,  327. 

114  STEMMA  OF  JACOPO  DI  FRANCESCO  INGHILANI.     1493. 
Borgo  San  Lorenzo.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  wreath  of  continuous,  irregularly  composed  fruit  and  flowers, 
on  a  flat  plate  is  a  beriblmned  Tuscan  shield,  bearing  the  Inghilani  arms: 
Or,  a  bend  a::iire  charged  with  an  ostrich  feather  argent. 
Below  is  a  tabella  ansata  inscribed : 

CHO(CO)MO  A  DI    FR 

ANCESCHO  A  IN 

GHILANI  A  P(ODEST)A  A  1493 


98 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


The  name  Giacomo  or  Jacopo  was  a  common  one  in  this  family.  The 
Jacopo  here  indicated  was  probably  a  brother  of  Giovanni  di  Francesco  di 
Baldino  Inghilani  who  was  a  Prior  in  Florence  in  1489. 


Atelier  of  Benedetto  Buglioni. 


Bibl. : 
P.,  595- 

115     EMBLEM  OF  JESUS. 
Museum,  No.  7720-'6i. 


c.   1493.     London,  Victoria  and   Albert 


The  frieze  of  the  tribuna  of  the  convent  of  S.  Chiara  consists  of  cherub 
heads,  Paschal  lambs  and  wreaths  containing  the  Emblem  of  Jesus.  The 
monogram  or  emblem  of  Jesus,  Y  H  S,  is  similar  in  the  formation  of  the 
letters  to  Benedetto  Buglioni's  Sacred  Name  in  the  vault  of  S.  Pietro  in 
Cassinensi  at  Perugia  (1487).  The  tribune  of  S.  Chiara  is  attributed  to 
Simone  Pollaiuolo,  1493,  but  the  terra-cotta  frieze  is  manifestly  by  Bene- 
detto Buglioni. 

Bibl. : 

C-M.,  267,  No.  385 ;  Robinson,  73-76. 


Fig.  98.    Bartolommeo  Bartolini. 

116     STEMMA  OF  BARTOLOMMEO  DI  LIONARDO  BARTOLINL 
1494.     Castiglione  Fiorentino,  Municipio.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  wreath  of  eight  bunches  of  fruit  of  triplex  composition,  sepa- 
rated by  transverse  fluted  ribbons  and  set  upon  a  flat  blue  plate,  is  a  flori- 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY  99 

ated  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  98)  bearing  the  Bartohni-SaHmbeni  arms:   Gules, 
a  hon  per  fess  indented  argent  and  sable. 
Below  is  a  curved  scroll  unrolled,  inscribed: 
BARTOLOME 
O  *  DI  LIONARDO 

BARTOLINI  ♦  P(ODESTA)  I  C(OMMISSARIO)  ♦  I494 
Bartolommeo  di  Lionardo  Bartolini-Salimbeni  had  already  been  a  Prior 
of  Florence  in  1475. 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Bartolini-Salimbeni;  Cr.,  336;  P.,  531-532- 

117     STEMMA  OF  THE  PEOPLE  AND  THE  CITY  OF  FLOR- 
ENCE.    1494.     Bivigliano,  S.  Romolo.     Photo.,  Private. 

Certain  citizens  of  Bivigliano  who  had  been  guilty  of  a  disturbance  were 
obliged  in  April,  1494,  to  pay  for  the  arms  of  the  City  of  Florence  to  be 
set  (as  a  reminder  of  Florentine  authority)  on  the  Robbia  altarpiece  in  the 
church  of  S.  Romolo  at  Bivigliano.  The  arms,  set  on  kite  shaped  shields 
(Fig.  99)  at  either  end  of  the  predella,  are  (i)  the  Croce  del  Popolo: 
Argent,  a  cross  gules;  and  (2)  the  Florentine  lily  gules  on  a  field  argent. 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C-M.,  227  No.  139;  Giglioh,  Riv.  d'Arte,  VI  (1909),  45-48.  49-51; 
Poggi,  Riv.  d'Arte,  VI  (1909),  48-52  (Doc). 

118     STEMMA  OF  AGNOLO(?)  SERRAGLI.    c.  1494.     Tignano,  S. 
Romolo.    Photo.,  Private. 

On  the  console  of  the  ciborio  is  set  a  beribboned  kite  shaped  shield  (Fig. 
100)  bearing  the  Serragli  arms:  Per  pale,  barry  or  and  gules  counter- 
changed.  Possibly  the  individual  donor  was  Agnolo  di  Bonaiuto  di  Nic- 
C0I6  Serragli  who  set  up  a  Robbia  altarpiece  in  memory  of  his  wife  in  1528. 

Robbia  School. 

Bibl. : 

Cr.,  356:  P.,  408-409. 


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Fig.  100.    Agnolo  Serragli. 

119     STEMMA  OF  THE  BARDI  FA]\nLY.    c.  1494.    Florence,  Palaz- 
zo Bardi  (Via  dei  Benci).     Photo.,  Private. 


The  palace  at  No.  3  Via  dei  Benci,  erected  by  the  Busini,  in  1482  became 
the  property  of  some  member  of  the  Bardi  family,  possibly  of  ]\Iigiotto 
Bardi  who  bought  and  decorated  the  villa  known  as  II  Pratello  in  151 1. 
The  wreath  is  composed  of  fruit  and  a  few  flowers  in  triplex  bunches  sepa- 
rated by  plain  cross  bands.  This  surrounds  a  blue,  fluted  shell,  against 
which  is  set  a  kite  shaped  shield  (Fig.  loi )  with  a  bordure — possibly  a 
symbol  of  cadency.  The  arms  are:  Or  (very  light  in  colour),  five  fusils 
bendwise  gules:  a  liordurc  cbeciuy  of  the  field  and  charge. 


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The  general  characters  of  this  stemma  are  those  of  the  late  fifteenth 
century. 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Bardi ;  Marcotti,  129;  W.,  127. 


Fig.  ioi.    Bardi   Arms. 

120     STEMMA  OF  THE  BARDI  FAMILY,    c.  1494.    Florence  (near), 
II  Pratello. 

The  Villa  Francolini,  known  as  II  Pratello,  gia  Bardi,  near  the  Certosa, 
contained  on  the  vault  of  one  of  its  large  rooms  a  medallion  with  the  Bardi 
coat  of  arms :     Or,  five  fusils  bendwise  gules. 

Although  Migiotto  di  Bernardo  de'  Bardi  did  not  purchase  this  villa 
until  151 1,  his  stemma  may  have  been  a  repetition  of  the  one  on  the  Bardi 
palace  which  appears  to  have  been  made  toward  the  end  of  the  preceding 
century. 

Some  years  ago  Professor  Volpi  had  in  his  gallery  a  Bardi  stemma  set 
in  a  wreath — possibly  to  be  identified  with  the  above  mentioned. 

Bibl. : 

Carocci,  II,  311:  Galhizzo,  119;  C,  s.v.  Bardi;  W.,  127. 


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121     STEMMA   OF   FILIPPO   DI    GIOVANNI    CORBIZZI.      i495- 
Borgo  San  Sepolcro,  Palazzo  Trilninale.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  wreath  of  fruit  and  flowers  of  irregular  composition,  is  set 
against  a  flat  plate  a  floriated  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  102)  bearing  the  Cor- 
bizzi  arms :    Per  pale  indented  or  and  gules. 


Fig.  102.     FiLiPPO   Corbizzi. 

Below  is  a  curved  scroll  unrolled  with  the  inscription : 
FILIPPO  *  DI 
G(I)OVANNI  +  CO 

RBIZI  *  C(APITAN)0  i  E  I  C(OMMISSARI)0  ♦  1495 
Filippo  di  Giovanni  di  Filippo  Corbizzi  was  a  Prior  in  Florence  in  1472 
and  Gonfaloniere  in  1494.    Crollalanza  and  the  Priorista  give  the  tinctures 
of  the  Corbizzi  family  as  giilcs  and  argent.  Wills  as  gules  and  or. 
Robbia  School. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Corbizzi;  P.,  854;  W.,  136. 

122     STEINIMA  OF  TOMMASO  DI  PUCCIO  PUCCI.      [495.     Pieve 
San  Stefano.     Palazzo  Comunale.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  well  modelled  wreath  (Fig.  103)  of  not  very  regular  composi- 


FlG.    103.      TOMMASO     PUCCI. 


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tion  is  set  the  Pucci  arms :   Argent,  a  Moor's  head  proper  wreathed  of  the 
first.     No  shield. 

Below  is  a  horizontal  scroll  inscribed : 

TOMMASO   i    DI   P 
VCCIO  *  PVCCI  ■f 
V(ICARI)0  i  1495. 
Tommaso  di  Puccio  di  Antonio  Pncci  had  been  a  Prior  in  Florence  in 
r483.     The  Pucci  family  held  many  official  positions  at  home  and  abroad. 
Robbia  School. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Pucci;  P.,  722-724;  W.,  166. 

123  STEMMA  OF  THE  DINI  FAMILY  AND  OF  THE  COMPAG- 
NIA  DI  S.  ELENA,  c.  1495.  Empoli,  Museo  della  CoUegiata,  No. 
56.     Photo.,  Alinari,  10121. 

On  the  predella  of  a  Robbia  frame  for  a  niche,  now  occupied  by  a  Ma- 
donna and  Child  by  another  artist,  are  two  laurel  wreaths,  each  contain- 
ing a  tournament  shield  with  a  coat  of  arms,  now  almost  entirely  effaced. 
The  dexter  stemma  Mr.  Mather  believes  to  be  that  of  the  Dini  family,  as 
pictured  in  the  Raccolta  di  Iscrizioni  from  a  seal  of  Michele  Fei  Dini, 
Pop.  Burgi  S.  Pauli,  where  it  is  described  as  three  spikes  of  grain.  The 
Director  of  the  Museum  sees  in  it  a  bulbous  plant.  Crollalanza  and  Wills 
give  it  as  a  tree.  The  sinister  arms  Mr.  Mather  describes  as  a  female  fig- 
ure holding  up  a  cross  in  her  right  hand  and  a  knight  kneeling  before  her 
holding  up  a  cross  hilted  sword.  This  Mr.  blather  writes  is  a  representa- 
tion of  S.  Elena  and  her  son  Constantine  and  was  probably  the  emblem  of 
the  Tuscan  Compagnia  di  S.  Elena. 

Atlier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

Giglioli,  Empoli,  55 ;  Raccolta  di  Iscrizioni  ecc.   Carlo   Strozzi,   sec. 
XVII,  segnato  Magliab.  CI.  XXVI  Cod.  — ,  c.  260. 

124  STEMMA  OF  THE  MEDICI  FAMILY,  c.  1495.  Florence,  Via 
della  Scala.    Photo.,  Brogi,  4729. 

On  the  base  of  a  Madonna  in  a  tabernacle  on  the  corner  of  the  Via  della 
Scala  and  the  Via  Oricellari  is  a  medallion  (Fig.  104)  containing  the  Me- 
dici arms :  Or,  six  torteau.x  in  orle,  with  an  inescutcheon  of  the  Croce  del 
Popolo  {argent,  a  cross  gules).  The  palazzo  on  which  the  Madonna  is 
placed  was  built  about  1498  for  Bernardo  Rucellai,  who  married  Nannina, 


ROBBIA    I11:RAI.I)1\V  105 

a  sister  of  Lorenzo  ile"Mcclici.     The  Platonic  Academy  met  in  the  casino 
of  tiie  garden  of  this  palace  after  the  sti)rmy  days  of  1494. 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Kobbia. 
Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  :^Iedici;  Litla,  \1,  Tav.  3,  7;  W.,  153;  Voung,  1,  184-186. 


Fr-,.  104.     Medici  Arms. 


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125     STEMMA  OF  THE  MEDICI  FAMILY,     c.  1495.     Florence,  S. 
Marco  Vecchio. 

On  the  faqade  of  S.  Marco  is  a  shield  of  Robbia  ware  showing  the  Medici 
arms :  Or,  six  torteaux  in  orle.  Probably  set  up  during  the  reign  of  Lo- 
renzo de'Medici  (1469-1492). 


aatUjXiJi/iL''' >^u 


,M1-.L1M     111      ;IIL     I   AM  ALDOLESI. 


ROBBIA    HERALDRY  107 

126     EMBLEM    OF   THE    CAMALDOLESL      c.    1495.      Camaldoli, 
Eremo,  Cappella  di  S.  Antonio.     Photo.,  Alinari,  9784. 

On  either  end  of  the  predella  of  the  altarpiece  of  the  Madonna  and 
Saints,  are  set  the  insignia  (Fig.  105)  of  the  Camaldolesi :  Azure,  a  chalice 
or  from  which  drink  two  white  doves.  Above  the  chahce  is  a  wafer. 
Ginanni  displays  a  comet  instead  of  a  wafer  above  the  chalice.  Two  yellow 
dolphins  surround  the  emblem  as  a  frame. 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

B.,    Denk.,    Taf.    272;    Ginanni,    193,    Tav.    IV,    119;    R.,    D.    R., 
211-212;  Sc.  FL,  III,  178,180. 


127  EMBLEM   OF   THE   CAMALDOLESL      c.    1495.      Borgo    San 
Sepolcro,  Via  S.  Niccolo,  no.  10. 

The  monastic  church  of  S.  Niccolo  was  administered  by  the  Camaldolesi 
from  the  early  XVI  century.  Encircled  with  a  polychromatic  garland  is  a 
blue  shield  bearing  the  Camaldolese  insignia,  two  doves  drinking  from  a 
golden  chalice.    Above  the  chalice  is  the  sacred  wafer. 

Bibl. : 

Cr.,  335 ;  Repetti,  s.v.  San  Sepolcro. 

128  STEMMA  OF  CONTE  GUERRA.     c.   1495.     Montevarchi,  Col- 
legiata,  Cappella  della  Fraternita.     Photo.,  Alinari,  10390. 

The  Cappella  della  Fraternita  of  the  Collegiata  at  Montevarchi  contains 
two  rectangular  stemmi  which  probably  originally  formed  the  lateral  end 
of  a  balcony  on  the  exterior  of  the  church.  Against  a  blue  background, 
two  winged  putti  which  recall  in  type  the  Child  in  the  Madonna  relief  in 
the  Piazza  dell'Unita,  Florence,  support  an  oval  shield  (Fig.  106)  on  which 
are  the  arms  of  the  Guerra  family:  Gules,  a  mount  of  six  tops  z'ert,  a  chief 
azure  with  a  label  of  Anjou  of  four  points  gules  enclosing  three  fleurs-de- 
lys  or. 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

C-M.,  240  No.  219;  Cr.,  220,  330. 


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Fig.  io6.     Conte  Guerea. 


129     STEMMA  OF  THE  FRESCOBALDI  FAMILY,    c.  1496.     Sesto, 
Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,  Private. 

The  frame  has  disappeared,  only  the  shield  remaining.  This  is  oval  in 
form  and  bears  the  Frescobaldi  arms :  Gules,  three  chess  rooks  argent  set 
2  and  I ;  a  chief  or.  Below  is  a  scroll  inscribed,  of  which  a  few  letters 
only  remain.  It  would  have  indicated  the  year  in  which  some  member  of 
the  Frescobaldi  family  held  the  office  of  Podesta  in  Sesto.  Possibly  it 
would  have  contained  the  name  of  Francesco  di  Stoldo  di  Lionardo  Fres- 
cobaldi who  held  the  office  of  Podesta  at  Fiesole  and  Sesto  in  15 10,  accord- 
ing to  the  annexed  document,  just  received  from  Mr.  Rufus  G.  Mather. 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 


Document : 
'Potas  fesularum  cu 

Tribus  Notarijs 
Ouatuor  Famulis 
uno  Equo 


cum  sal(ario) 
lib(rarum)  700 
ad(i)c(t)a  p(otestate) 


ROBBIA    HERALDRY  109 

francischus  stoldi  L'"  defrescobaldis  p(er)  6  mensibus — 11  Janiiarij  1510" 
[Archivio  di  Stato.     Ret^istrum  Extrinsecorum  1 505-1 529,  segnato  Tratte 
Cod.  71  c.  /2] 

Bibl. : 

Carocci,   I,   312;  C,  s.v.   Frescobaldi   (Per  fess  or  and  gules,  with 
three  hhcs  of  the  first  set  in  the  second)  ;  W'.,  140. 

130     STEMMA  OF  FEDERIGO  DI  GIOVANNI  DE  RICCI.     1496. 
Anghiari,  Palazzo  Comunalc.     Photo.,  Private. 

Without  a  wreath,  set  on  a  Hat  lilac  disk  is  a  lloriated  Tuscan  shield 
(Fig.  107)  bearint;-  the  de'  Ricci  arms:   Asiirc.  6  or  7  hedge  hogs,  3,  2  (or 


fEDERIGHO^DH': 
^60\ANNI'DERIti; 

Fig.  107.     Federigo  Ricci. 

3)  and  I  or,  accompanied  by  10  mullets  of  eight  rays,  3,  3,  3,  and  :,  of  the 
same. 

Below  a  horizontal  scroll  is  inscribed : 

FEDERIGHO  +  DI 
G(I)OVANNI>DE  RIC 
CI -♦■  VdCIARDO  >  1496 
This  family  held  many  high  honours  in  Florence  and  elsewhere. 
Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Ricci:  W.,  168. 


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131     STEMMA  OF  THE  FINI  OR  BENCI  TADDEI  FAMILY,     c. 
1496.     Florence,  Bardini  Collection  (in  1895). 

Within  a  fruit  frame  on  a  violet  disk  is  a  Tuscan  shield  bearing  the 
arms:  Asitrc,  a  lion  head  erased  or  between  three  stars,  2  and  i,  or.  Mr. 
Mather  writes  that  these  may  be  either  the  arms  of  the  Fini  of  S.  Pancrazio 
or  of  the  Benci-Taddei  of  S.  Lorenzo.  Crollalanza  records  the  field  in  the 
Benci-Taddei  arms  as  gides. 


Fig.  ioS.     E.melem  of  the  Domen'ic.\ni. 


132  EMBLEM  OF  THE  DOMENICANL  1497.  Florence,  S.  Maria 
Novella,  Sacristy.  Photos.,  Alinari,  2276,  3633;  Brogi,  3481,  5639- 
5641- 

On  the  archivolt  of  the  lunette  which  crowns  Giovanni  della  Robbia's 
celebrated  Javabo  (1497)  is  set  (Fig.  108)  the  Dominican  emblem:  Per 
chevron,  sable  (chief)  and  argent  (base),  in  base  a  star  of  eight  points 
gules.  The  emblem  suggests  the  black  Dominican  gown  above  the  white 
tunic.     As  S.  Tommaso  d'Aquino  wears  the  sun  upon  his  breast,  so  to  S. 


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Domenico  is  given  the  star  set  on  his  halo  or  on  his  hreast,  where  it  is 
said  to  have  appeared  when  he  was  baptized. 
By  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

B.,  Denk.,  89,  Taf.  276;  Cahier,  I,  84,  390;  Cr.,  216-218;  R.,  D.  R., 
227-229;  Sc.  Fl,  IV,  50;  S.,  131,  Abb.  141. 

133     STEMMA   OF   MARTINO    T)I    SER   GIOVANNI    MARTINI. 
1497.     Radda,  Palazzo  Pretorio,  Cortile.     Photo.,  Private. 

On  a  plain  rectangular  tablet  is  a  Tuscan  shield  bearing  the  Martini 
arms:    Argent,  a  demi-vol  in  pale  azure. 
On  the  same  tablet  is  inscribed : 

MARTINO-  DI 

S(AN)G(I)OVAN(N)I-   MAR 

TINI-  P(ODEST)A-  1497 
Robbia  School. 

Bibl. : 

C.,  s.v.  Martini  dall'Ala;  P.,  389;  W.,  152. 


134     STEMMA  OF  THE  ACCIAIUOLI  FAMILY,    c.  1497.    Florence, 
SS.  Apostoli.     Photos.,  Alinari,  3659;  Brogi,  8593-8595. 

At  either  end  of  the  predella  of  the  altarpiece  in  the  Acciaiuoli  chapel 
are  broad  Tuscan  shields  (Fig.  109)  bearing  the  Acciaiuoli  arms:  Argent, 
a  lion  rampant  azure.  This  altarpiece  was  set  above  the  tomb  of  Donato 
Acciaiuoli  probably  by  one  or  more  of  his  descendants.  So  many  members 
of  this  family  held  high  office  in  Florence  as  to  make  it  difficult  to  guess 
safely  the  name  of  the  donor.  Alessandro  di  Donato  Acciaiuoli  was  Prior 
in  Florence  in  1497,  and  Roberto  di  Donato  held  the  office  of  Gonfaloniere 
in  1518. 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

€.,  s.v.  Acciaiuoli;  M.,  D.  R.  A.,  90,  Fig.  39;  P.,  29-33;  R-.  ^-  ^v 
229;  Sc.  FL,  IV,  49,  52;  Richa,  IV,  62;  S.,  133,  Abb.  142;  W.,  123- 
124. 


Fig.    109.     AcciAiuuLi    Arms. 

135     STEMMA  OF  GIOVANNI  DI  JACOPO  DI  DINO  DI  MESSER 
GUCCIO.     1497.     Sesto,  Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,  Private. 


On  a  white  rectangular  tablet  is  set  against  a  blue  background  a  semi- 
floriated  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  no)  bearing  the  Gucci  di  Dino  arms:  Or,  a 
bend  gules  accompanied  by  two  roses  by  the  same ;  a  chief  gules  charged 
with  the  motto  A  LIBERT  A  A 


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1 1 


Fi(i.  no.     (_iiM\\.\M   (Illcio. 

The  lower  part  of  the  frame  is  broadened  and  inscribed : 

G(I)OVANNI  A  DI    lACO 

PO  A  DI   DINO  A  DI   ME 

SSER  GHVC(C)0  a  P(0DEST)A  a 

A  1497  A 
Giovanni  di  Jacopo  di  Dino  di  Messer  Guccio  was  a  Prior  in  Florence  in 
the  years  1491,  1501  and  1509. 
By  Benedetto  Buglioni. 

Bibl. : 

Carocci,  I,  312;  C-M.,  248  No.  268;  C.,  s.v.  Gucci  di  Dino;  Cr.,  355; 
P-,  536. 

136     STEMMA  OF  GIOVANNI  DI  TOMMASO  LAPI.     1498.    Casti- 
glione  Fiorentino,  Municipio.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  continuous  wreath  irregularly  composed  of  fruit  and  flowers 
set  on  a  flat  plate  is  a  beribboned  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  iii)  bearing  the 
Lapi  arms :    Gules,  a  f  ess  argent  charged  with  a  lion  passant  sable. 

Below,  on  a  curved  scroll  is  inscribed : 

GIOVANNI  A  DI 

TOMMASO  A  LAPI 

P(ODEST)A  A  E  ►  C(OMMISSARI)0  ►  MCCCCLXXXXVIII 

By  Benedetto  Buglioni. 


Bibl. : 

C.,  s.v.  Lapi ;  Cr.,  336. 


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Fig.  III.    Giovanni  Lapi. 


137     STEMMA  OF  BRACCIO  DI  DOMENICO  MARTELLI. 
Amsterdam,  Ryks  Museum.    Photo.,  Museum. 


1497. 


On  a  kite  shaped  shield  (Fig.  112)  of  eight  sides  is  displayed  the  Mar- 
telli  coat  of  arms :  Gules,  a  griffin  segreant  or,  beaked  a-zure,  langued  gules. 

Braccio  di  Domenico  di  Niccolo  Martelli,  a  friend  of  Lorenzo  de'  Medici 
and  husband  of  Costanza  de'  Pazzi,  was  Prior  in  Florence  in  1479  and 
Gonfaloniere  in  1489.  He  was  Capitano  at  Pistoia  in  1497.  Lorenzo  di 
Niccolo  di  Ugolino  Martelli  held  the  same  office  in  1507. 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 


Document : 

"Capitan  Pistorij  Redact  cum 

Uno  judice  jniurep(er)ito 

Uno  Milite  socio 

Duobus  Not(ar)ijs 

II ij'"'  Domicellis 

XXV  famulis 

Duobus  Tubicinibus 

Sex  equis 


Cum  salario  libr(arum) 
Trium  Milium 
acomunitate  pistorij 
p(ro)quolibet  Semestrj 


braccio  d(omi)nj  domenicj  nicholaj  martellj  p(ro)  6  mensibus  et  15  diebus 
jnit  die  18  junij  1497 


ROBl'.IA  lll".RAl.l)m' 


1 1- 


Fig.  112.     Br.vccio   M-\rti;lli. 


Laurentius 


-  Xicliolaj  ugholiiij  dc  niartellis  6  inesi  13  Novenibre  1507" 
[Archivio  di  Stato,  Reg.  Exstr.  1489-1508,  segnato  Tratte  70  c.  3.] 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  iMartelli;  .M..  L.  D.  R..  247-248:  P..  451-453:  \^■•.  I5^- 

138     STEMMA  OF  LARIONE  DI   BART(3LO.MMEO   (or  B.\RTO- 
LO)  MARTELLI.     1498.     Pistoia,  fampanile.     Photo..  Private. 

Unf rained  and  lacking  the  inscribed  tal)let  is  a  shield  of  unnsual  form 
(Fig.  113)  with  decorated  apices  and  a  raised  border,  it  bears  the  ]\Iar- 
telli  arms :    Gnlcs.  a  griffin  segreant  or. 

According  to  the  official  records  Xariono  di  Bartolommeo  Martelli  was 
a])pointed   Podesta  in  Jannary,    141)8.      The    Princeton    Museum    Priorista 


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Fig.  113.     Larione  Martelli. 

records  a  Larione  di  Bartolo  as  Prior  in  Florence  in  1498  and  151 1,  whose 
ancestors  Bartolo,  Niccolo,  and  Ugolino  had  held  high  office.     In  Pistoia 
Sen.  Domenico  di  Braccio  Martelli  was  Commissario  in  1544. 
By  Andrea  della  Robbia. 


Document : 

1.  "1498  Nariono  dj  Bartolom"  Martellj  P"  9  Gen°" 
[Archiv.  di  Stato,  Sched.  Manoscritti  No.  496,  a  c.  415.] 

2,  "Potas  Pistorij  Reduct  pro  6  mensibus  cu 

Uno  judice  doctorato  cum  sal(ario)  libra 

Uno  Milite  socio  not"  rum  duarum 

Duobus  alijs  not(ar)ijs  milium  quad 

Ouattuor  domicellis  ringentarum 

XV  famulis  inter  pro  quolibet 

quos  sit  unius  constabilis  semestrj  sibi 

Ouattuor  equis  dand(o)  adicta 

comunitate  pistorij 
Ilarion  bart'  nic'  de  martellis — 6  mesi  et  di  15  jnit  die  3  januarij  1498" 
[Archivio  di  Stato,  Reg.  Extr.  1508-1529,  segnato  Tratte  71  c.  27.] 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Martelli;  Litta,  s.v.  Martelli;  M.,  L.  D.  R.,  247-248;  P.,  451- 
453:  W.,  152. 


ROBBIA  lIl'.KAl.Din' 


117 


139     STEMMA   OF   GIOX'ACHINO   GUASCONI.      1499.      Certaldo, 
Palazzo  Pretorio.     Phdto.,  Alinari,  8534a. 

Within  a  wreath  of  eight  l)unche.s  of  fruit  and  flowers,  of  tri])Iex  witli 
tendency  to  (juincjueplex  composition,  separated  by  transverse  fluted  rib- 
bons, is  a  bhie  fluted  disk  against  which  is  set  a  kite  shaped  shield   (Fig. 


m 


li 


lGlOVAailllO_ 
GHVASeONir? 

Fu,.    114.      GlOVACHINO   GUASCONI. 

114)  Ijearing  the  Guasconi  arms:   Argent,  three  cIie\'ronels  sable  (the  sec- 
ond surmounted  of  a  cross  crosslet  of  the  same). 

Below,  a  putto  of  great  beauty  unfolds  a  horizontal  scroll  in.scribed: 
GlOVACHINO 
GHVASCOXI 

V(ICARI)0  E  C(OMMISSARI)0  1498  >•  1499 
By  Andrea  della  Robbia. 


l-i(",.   115.      l'i(Ciir  HI    Al.\i,ii]   AMI  Am  nr.isHiii' 


ROr.lll A  lll'.KAI.nRV  119 

Bihl. : 

C,  s.\".  (luasconi;  W'.,  147. 

140  STEMMA  Ol'"  I'UCCIO  DI  MAGIO  AND  OF  MARCELLINUS 
PETE.     c.  1499.     Arczzo.  Dikiuki.     I'lidtd.,  Alinari,  9703. 

At  tlie  dexter  eml  of  the  predella  of  the  polychnmiatic  altarpiece  of  the 
Madonna  enthroned  with  Saints  set  on  a  kite  shaped  shield  ( I'ig.  1 15)  are 
the  Alagio  arms:  Azure,  two  rams  conii)atant  arycnt.  On  a  similar  shield 
on  the  sinister  end  are  displayed  the  initials  M  1'  beneath  a  patriarchal  cross. 
It  has  been  suggested  by  Angiolo  and  Ubaldo  Pasqui  that  the  dexter  arms 
are  those  of  the  Magio  family,  while  the  sinister  shield  bears  the  private 
symbol  of  Puccio  di  Magio.  for  whose  chapel  in  the  now  destroyed  church 
of  S.  Francesco  \'asari  tells  us  that  Andrea  della  Robbia  made  an  altar- 
piece.  However.  Puccio  di  Magio  was  a  merchant  not  an  ecclesiastic, 
hence  the  sinister  arms  are  more  likely  to  be  those  of  Marcellinus  Pete,  a 
distinguished  Archbishop  of  Arezzo  (1239),  chief  of  the  Guclph  party. 

By  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

R.,  D.   R..   252;  Sc.   Fl.,   lY,   59,   61;   Pasqui,    142;   \'as.,    II,    179; 
Ughello,  I,  col.  422;  \'ita,  55,  Fig.  81. 

141  STEMMA  OF  THE  OTTO  DI  GUARDIA  E  BALIA.     Empoli. 
Museo  della  Collegiata.     Photo..  Alinari,  10120. 

Between  the  cornucopias  of  the  console  which  supports  a  niche  contain- 
ing a  standing  Madonna  and  Child  is  a  beribboned  medallion  (Fig.  116) 
containing,  as  Mr.  Rufus  G.  Mather  has  discovered,  the  arms  of  the  Otto 
di  Guardia  e  Balia :  Argent,  a  knight  in  armour  proper  bearing  a  shield 
with  insignia  of  the  People,  riding  a  charger  giiles  caparissoned  argent 
with  cross  of  the  People.  The  base  of  the  frame  is  inscribed:  Del  PREZ- 
ZO-  DELGI  (degH)  EBREI  ■  PER  LORO  •  ERORE  ■  FERNO  ■  A 
LAVDE-  DI  DIO-  FARE-  OVESTA-  GLI  OTTO-  SEDE(N)TE- 
NEL  18  •  DOMENICO-  PARIGI  •  0\T  -  PRETORE- 

This  indicates  that  the  relief  was  commissioned  by  the  Eight  of  the 
Guards  and  Magistrates  when  Domenico  Parigi  was  Pretore  and  paid  for 
from  fines  levied  upon  certain  Hebrews.  Domenico  di  Giovanni  Parigi 
was  a  Prior  of  Florence  in  1499. 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 


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«  «^  «  .M  •M^ «.  vHi  «  M*,  •  »«^  «.  t^fli  »r^  mtjm •  •n*  "^ 


B&WApFQfc'SmGudiTO:SH>£ll-NHLI8rx-VAENIcOI^^^ 


Fig.  ii6.     Guardiab;  Balia. 


Bibl. : 


Carocci,  //  J'aldaiiio,  72,  74;  C-M.,  2^2  No.  172;  C,  s.v.  Parigi; 
Giglioli,  Eiiipoli,  53-54;  P.  837-838;  Priorista  Ricci  (in  Bibl.  Naz. 
Cod.  Cart.  Sec.  X\'II,  segnato  Banco  Rari  Cod.  22-23),  I,  65. 


Fig.  117.    GiAcoMo  Staiti. 


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142     STEMMA  OF  THE  OUARTIERE  S.  SPIRITO.     c.  1499.     Flo- 
rence, Corner  \'ia  S.  Gallo  and  \'ia  Guelfa. 

The  various  divisions  of  the  city  of  Florence  had  specific  arms  or 
emblems.  That  of  the  Ouartiere  S.  Spirito  was  the  Sacred  Dove.  Here  in 
a  fruit  garland  set  against  a  blue  fluted  medallion  is  a  white  dove.  It  is 
no  longer  in  the  Ouartiere  to  which  it  originally  belonged. 

Bibl. : 

C-M.,  213,  No.  49;  Cr.,  342. 


143     STEMMA  OF  GLACO.MO  STAITI. 
di  Gesii.     Photo.,  Brogi,  12060. 


c.  I-199.     Trapani,  S.  INIaria 


On  the  predella  of  the  altarpiece  representing  the  ^Madonna  and  Child  at 
either  end  is  (i)  an  amphora  inscribed  with  a  medallion  {¥ig.  117)  con- 
taining a  monogram,  which,  according  to  Signor  Augugliaro  and  Mr.  Ru- 
fus  G.  Mather,  is  that  of  the  patriarch  Angelo  da  Rieti,  in  1224  founder  of 
the  first  Franciscan  monastery  in  Trapani,  and  (2)  a  medallion  enclosing  an 
oval  shield  with  the  arms  of  Giacomo  Staiti :  Or,  a  lion  gules  on  a  mount 
of  six  summits. 

This  altarpiece,  formerly  in  the  church  known  as  La  Greca  (finished  in 
1475)  01''  the  property  of  the  Staiti  family,  when  that  church  was  destroyed 
in  1 5 18  was  transferred  to  the  new  church  of  S.  Maria  di  Gesu  built  for 
the  Frati  Minori  Osservanti.  Here  Giacomo  Staiti  had  an  important 
chapel. 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Rol)bia. 


Bibl. 


Augugliaro,  114,  133-138;  Benigno,  81:  C,  s.v. 
L'Arte,  VI,  (1903),  37-44. 


Staiti ;  Grassa  Patti, 


144     STEMMA  OF  FRANCESCO  DI  MARTINO  DELLA  SCARFA. 
1499.     Scarperia,  Palazzo  del  \'icariato.     Photo.,  Private. 

\\'ithin  a  continuous,  irregularly  composed  wreath  of  fruit  and  flowers 
on  a  flat  disk  is  a  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  118)  beribboned  and  bearing  the 
della  Scarfa  arms :  Azure,  a  Ijend  or  accompanied  by  two  leaf  crowns  of 
the  same;  in  chief  a  pale  argent  charged  with  a  cross  and  crosslets  gules 
and  flanked  by  two  fleurs-de-lys  of  the  same. 


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Fig.  118.    Francesco  Scarpa. 

Below  is  a  tabclla  ansata  inscribed : 

FRANCESCHO 

DI  AIARTINO 

ISCARFI  A  V(ICARI)0  A  E  CO 

MESARIO  A  1499. 
By  Benedetto  Buglioni. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Scarfa. 

145  STEMMA  OF  LODOVICO  PUCCI.  1500.  Certaldo,  S.  Michele 
e  Jacopo.     Photo.,  Alinari,  8531. 

The  console  of  the  ciborio  contains  a  large  cherub  head  beneath  which 
is  a  scroll  inscribed  : 

LODOVICHO-    PVCCI- 

V(ICARI)0-   E-   COM(MISSARI)0-    1499    1500 
At  the  lower  end  of  the  console  on  a  pointed  shield  (Fig.  119)  is  the 
Pucci  coat  of  arms:   Argent,  a  Moor's  head  proper  wreathed  of  the  first. 
In  1495  Tommaso  di  Puccio  Pucci  held  a  similar  office  at  Pieve  S.  Stefano. 
Robbia  School. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Pucci;  W.,  166. 

146  STEMMA  OF  EVGENIO  DI  TOMAIASO  FIASCHI.  1499-1500. 
Buggiano  Alto  (near  Pescia),  Municipio.  Photo.,  Private.  Removed 
from  the  Castello. 

On  a  rectangular  tablet  (fig.  120),  set  against  a  violet  ground,  a  Tuscan 


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i;pjjVJci4i.i,iVUi^i»ivi^n,iiuvvuu.>.i.>.t---w 


Fig.  119.    LoDOvico  Pucci. 


shield  bears  the  Fiaschi  arms :     Or,  two  lions  rampant  aciirc  supporting  a 
fortress  z'crf. 

On  the  broad  base  of  the  frame  is  inscribed: 
EVGENIO  ►  DITHOMAS 
O  ►  FIASCHI  ►  P(ODEST)A  MCCCC 
LXXXXVIIII  ►  E    MCCCCC 
Robbia  School. 


ROBBIA    HERALDRY 


12: 


lEYGENlOOTOMAS 
OFIASCHIPACCCC 
lD(XXXVlUEM33iq 


Fig.  120.     EucENio   Fiaschi. 

Bibl. : 

Cr.,  335.  The  Princeton  Priorista  gives  the  Fiaschi  arms  as:  Azure, 
a  flask  argent.  Possibly  Eiigenio  Fiaschi  set  up  the  arms  of  the  Cas- 
tello  di  Buggiano  Alto  in  place  of  his  own. 

Ernesto  was  Podesta  at  Buggiano  in  1499- 1500. 

Bibl. : 
Cr.,  335. 

147     EMBLEM  OF  FRANCE,    c.  1500.    Prato,  S.  Lodovico,  known  also 
as  Oratorio  della  Madonna  del  Buon  Consiglio. 

Above  the  lunette  of  S.  Lodovico,  in  a  fruit  garland,  is  represented  a 
violet  (for  red)  cock,  perhaps  an  emblem  of  the  Compagnia  which  erected 
or  worshipped  in  this  Oratory.  The  Gallic  Cock  would  have  been  placed 
here  in  honour  of  S.  Lodovico  of  France. 

Robbia  School. 

Bibl. : 

Cr.,  352;  Corradini,  43. 


148     STEMMA  OF  TORNABUONI  FAMILY,     c.  1500.     Rifredi,  S. 
Stefano  in  Pane,  on  facade. 


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Within  a  fruit  frame  is  a  shield  bearing  the  Tornabuoni  arms :  Per 
saltire  or  and  vert  a  lion  rampant  counterchanged.  The  Tornabuoni  family 
were  for  a  long  period  patrons  of  this  church. 

Robbia  School. 

Bibl. : 

Carocci,  I,  257;  C,  s.v.  Tornabuoni;  W.,  178. 


Fig.  i-'i.    Antonio  Scali. 

149  STEMMA  OF  THE  CERBONI  FAMILY,    c.  1500.    Citta  di  Cas- 
tello,  S.  Francesco.     Photo.,  Private. 

At  either  end  of  the  predella  of  the  altarpiece  representing  S.  Francesco 
receiving  the  stigmata,  is  a  beribboned  Tuscan  shield,  with  bordure,  bear- 
ing the  Cerboni  arms :  Or,  a  lion  rampant  azure  (upper)  and  gules  (lower 
half),  in  chief  azure  three  lilies  or. 

Robbia  School. 

Bibl. : 

Graziani,  154. 

150  STEMMA  OF  ANTONIO  FRANCESCO  SCALL     1501.     Borgo 
San  Sepolcro,  Palazzo  Tribunale.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  wreath  composed  of  six  bunches  of  fruit  of  triplex  composition 
separated  by  plain  transverse  ribbons  is  set  against  a  flat  plate  a  lily-capped 
Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  121)  bearing  the  Scah  arms:  Azure,  a  ladder  of  three 
rungs  or. 

Below  is  a  horizontal  scroll  inscribed : 
ANTONIO  >  FRAN 
CESCO  >  DI   BARTO 
LOMEO  -♦■  SCALI  ^ 
C(APITAN)0  E  CON (MISSARI) 0+1500  E  1501 -f 


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127 


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Fig.  122.    Fratres  Minores. 


The  Princeton  Priorista  gives  the  ScaH  arms  as:  Or,  a  ladder  of  four 
rungs  gules.  Antonio  Francesco  di  Bartolommeo  di  Luigi  ScaH  had  been 
Prior  in  Florence  in  1480  and  1496. 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Scali;  P.,  597. 

151     STEMMA  OF  THE  ORDER  OF  THE  FRATRES  MINORES. 
c.  1 501.     New  York,  Bardini  Collection,  Sale  of  April,  191 8. 

Within  a  wreath  of  fruit,  flowers  and  leaves  of  roughly  triplex  compo- 
sition, not  bound  by  ribbons,  is  a  convex  plate  on  which  is  set  a  Tuscan 
shield  (Fig.  122)  containing  the  arms  of  the  Fratres  Minores:  Azure,  the 
hands  of  S.  Francesco  in  saltire  from  which  issues  a  cross  botonny  or. 

Robbia  School. 


Bibl. : 

Bardini  Sale  of  1918,  Cat.,  No.  366. 

152     STEMMA  OF  THE  FRATRES  MINORES.     c.  1501.     S.  Flora, 
Convento  di  SS.  Trinita.     Photo.,  Alinari,  9281. 

At  either  end  of  the  predella  of  the  altarpiece  representing  the  Trinity 


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are  medallions  containing  insignia  of  the  Fratres  Minores.     The  painting 
of  the  dexter  medallion  is  almost  completely  obliterated.     On  the  sinister 
medallion  we  can  make  out  two  monk's  hands  in  saltire.    With  the  addition 
of  a  cross  this  becomes  the  insignia  of  the  Frates  Minores. 
By  Benedetto  Buglioni. 

Bibl. : 

S.,  140,  Abb.  151. 


153     EMBLEMS  OF  MONASTIC  ORDERS. 
Francesco,  Cappella  dei  Innocenti. 


c.   1 501.     Bevagna,  S. 


The  cupola  of  S.  Francesco  is  divided  into  eight  panels  which  are  deco- 
rated with  fruit  garlands,  arabesques,  symbols  of  the  passion  and  emblems. 
The  emblems  are  set  at  the  base  of  each  panel  and  exhibit  alternately  ( i ) 
a  lamb  holding  a  cross  about  which  is  entwined  a  snake,  and  (2)  two 
monk's  arms  in  saltire,  between  them  a  cross. 

These  are  apparently  emblems  of  the  Fratres  Minores,  perhaps  the  same 
as  those  on  the  Trinity  altarpiece  at  S.  Fiora. 

Atelier  of  Benedetto  Buglioni. 

Bibl. : 

Guardabassi,  36. 


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I'lti.  123.    Francesco  della  Tosa. 


ROBBIA    HERALDRY  i-'9 

154  STEMMA  OF  FRANCESCO  DELLA  TOSA.     1501.     Volterra, 
Palazzo  dei  Priori.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  continuous  wreath  of  fruit,  flowers,  and  wlieat  composed 
chiefly  of  triplex  bunches  set  on  a  green  disk  is  a  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  123) 
beribboned  and  having  a  bordure  or,  inscribed  with  a  series  of  the  letter  A. 
The  shield  bears  the  Delia  Tosa  arms:  Azure,  a  pair  of  shears  in  bend 
argent;  in  chief  a  Croce  del  Popolo  {argent,  a  cross  gules). 

Below  is  a  horizontal  scroll  inscribed : 
M(ESSER  A  BALDO  A  DI    SIMONE  A  DELLA  A  TOSA  A  CAP- 
IT  AN)  O  A  MCCCLXXXX 
BERNARDO  a  D(I)  M(ESSER)  BALDO  A  DEL(L)A  A  TO(S)A  A 

CAP(ITAN)0  A  MCCCCXXXVI 
FRANC(ESC)0  A  DI    BERNA(R)DO  A   DI    M(ESSER)    A   BAL- 
DO   A    DELLA    A    TOSA    CAP(ITAN)0     E     COM  (MIS- 
SARI)  O  A  MDI 
Francesco  here  sets  up  a  memorial  to  his  father  Bernardo  and  his  grand- 
father Messer  Baldo,  who  also  held  the  office  of  Capitano  at  Volterra. 
The  Delia  Tosa  family  also  held  high  office  in  Florence. 
Atelier  of  Benedetto  Buglioni. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Tosa  (della)  ;  W.,  179. 

155  STEMMA  OF  THE  DELLA  TOSA  FAMILY,     c.  1501.     Borgo 
San  Lorenzo,  Municipio.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  continuous  wreath  irregularly  composed  of  fruit  and  flowers  scl 
against  a  flat  disk  is  a  floriated  Tuscan  shield,  with  a  lettered  bordure, 
bearing  the  Delia  Tosa  arms :  Azure,  a  pair  of  shears  in  bend  argent;  in 
chief  a  plate  with  Croce  del  Popolo. 

Possibly  the  arms  of  Francesco  di  Bernardo  di  Messer  Baldo  della  Tosa 
who  was  Capitano  and  Commissario  at  Volterra  in  1501. 

Robbia  School. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Della  Tosa;  W.,  179. 

156  STEMMA    OF    MICHELE    D' ANTONIO    PESCIONI.      1502. 
Galluzzo,  Palazzo  del  Podesta.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  wreath  of  fruit,  flowers  and  wheat  irregularly  composed  is  set 
a  beribboned  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  124)  bearing  the  Pescioni  arms:  Per 
pale ;  dexter,  azure,  four  fishes  naiant  in  pale  argent;  sinister,  argent,  barry 
of  four  gules. 


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Fig.  124.     MicHELE  Pescioni. 

Below  a  cherub  unfolds  a  curved  scroll  inscribed: 

MICHELE  A  DANT 

ONIO  A  PESCIONI 

•  P(ODESTA)  ■    1502  • 
Michele's  father  Antonio  di  Giovanni  Piscioni  was  Prior  in  Florence  in 
1430  and  1432. 
Atelier  of  Benedetto  Buglioni. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Pescioni;  P.,  572;  W.,  164. 

157     STEMMA  OF  TOMMASO  DI  FEDERIGO  SASSETTI.     1502. 
Borgo  San  Lorenzo,  Municipio.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  wreath  of  fruit,  flowers  and  wheat,  somewhat  irregularly  com- 
posed is  a  flat  disk  from  which  the  Sassetti  arms  have  now  disappeared. 
The  same  fate  was  incurred  by  other  stemmi  on  this  building. 
Below,  a  cherub  unfolds  a  curved  scroll  inscribed : 
THONMASO  A  DI  FE 
DERIGHO  A  SASSETTI 
A  P(ODEST)A  A  1502 
Tommaso's  brother  Taddeo  di   Federigo  di   Tommaso   Sassetti  was  a 
Prior  in  Florence  in  1506. 
Atelier  of  Benedetto  Buglioni. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Sassetti;  P.,  842-843:  W.,  173. 


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Fig.  125.    Caterina  Nuccarello. 


132  ROBBIA   HERALDRY 

158     STEMMA    OF    CATERINA    NUCCARELLO. 
Collection  of  Mr.  J.  S.  Morgan.     Photo.,  Private. 


1502.       Paris, 


On  the  predella  of  an  altarpiece  of  the  Madonna  enthroned  with  Saints 
are  two  shields.  The  dexter  shield  (Fig.  125)  bears  the  letter  C  and  a 
cross — probably  the  private  emblem  of  Sister  Caterina.  The  sinister  shield 
is  asure,  a  lion  rampant  or  ( ?).  The  tincture  of  the  lion  has  been  removed. 
Several  families  (Davanzati,  Riccialbani,  etc.)  have  as  their  arms  the  lion 
rampant  on  a  field  a^ure.  Here  the  stemma  appears  to  be  that  of  the  Nuc- 
carello  family,  since  the  pedestal  of  the  Madonna's  throne  is  inscribed : 

QVESTA  A  TAVOLA  A  A  FACTA  A  FARE 

SVORA  A  CATERINA  A  FIGLIOLA 

DI  TOMASO  A  DI  SALVESTRO  A  DI 

NVCCARELLO  A  NE(L    ANNO)    MCCCCC2 
By  Benedetto  Buglioni. 

Bibl. : 

M.,  D.  R.  A.,  160,  Fig.  67. 


159     STEMMA  OF  THE  CAPITOLO  DEL  DUOMO  DI  FIRENZE. 
1502.     Signa,  Pieve  di  S.  Giovanni  Battista.     Photo.,  Private. 

Over  a  door  in  the  Pieve  at  Signa  is  a  stemma  del  Capitolo :  Argent,  a 
winged  cherub  asnrc.  It  is  set  on  a  coarse  fruit  garland  composed  of  tri- 
plex bunches  separated  by  plain  cross  bands  (Fig.  126). 


Fig.   126.     Capitolo  del  Duomo. 


ROBBIA    HERALDRY  133 

On  the  tenth  of  October,  1466,  Luca  della  Robbia  was  commissioned  to 
make  such  a  stemma  for  tlie  Pieve  at  Signa,  but  the  existing  stemma  can- 
not be  attriljuted  to  Luca  della  Robbia,  nor  to  so  early  a  date.  On  the 
eighth  of  May,  1502,  Andrea  della  Robbia  was  paid  for  four  such  stemmi 
and  it  is   quite  likely  that  the  Signa  stemma  is  one  of  these. 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Documents : 

1.  "A  Luca  di  Marco  della  Robljia  a  10  Xbre  1466  per  un'  arme  di  un 
cherubino  di  terracotta  invetriata  da  porsi  nella  Pieve  di  Signa  che  e  Tamie 
del  Capitolo. 

A(n)ne  dato  adj  20  d.  novenb(r)e  1466  1  trentasette 

e  p(er)   luj  dalchap(ito)lo  di  s(an)c(t)a  M(aria)   delfiore  1  q('ui)ndicj 

p(er)  uno  cherubino  cioe  la(r)me  di  detto  chap(ito)lo  p(er) 

madare  alia  pieve  di  sco  lorezo  asigna  e 

f  quatro  la(r)ghj  p(er)  luj  da  filippo  di  giovan(n)i 

van(n)i  K"  della  compagnia  di  sea  M(aria)  Tpruneta 

messi  ant(e)r(iore)  alib(r)o  s(egnato)  dd  c  39 —  1  37" 

[Archiv.  del  Rev.""  Capitolo  di  Firenze.  Specchio  di  Livellari  s(egna)to 
A  1437-1461.] 

2.  "  +  Mcccc"Lxxxxviij° 

Andrea  della  robbia  dicont"  de  avere  adi  30  di  giugno  1498 


Et  adi  9  dag°  1499 

Et  adi  29  disett  1500 

Et  de  avere  1  quarata  quatro  sono  p(er)  4  arme 

2  duno  braccio  diametro  collarme  delcapit"  et  2 

duno  braccio  et  J^  i"  collarme  delcapit"  p(er)  asigna 

et  i"  collarme  delp(o)p(o)lo  p(er)  sco  michele  alomena 

dacordo  c6  detto  poste  spese  extrasordinarie 

dare  jn  q(uest)o c  800  1  44  p(icco)li  —  f  7(larghi). 

6(grossi)8 
Ee  adi  6  da(p(r)i  le  1503.  .     .." 

[Archivio  del  Rev""  Capitolo  di  Firenz,  Libro  Maestro  Bianco  B,  1498- 
1513.  c.  57.] 

3.     "+Mdj 
Spese  extrasordinarie  deln(ost)ro  Capit"  deon  dare.  .  .  .  , 


134  ROBBIA    HERALDRY 

1502.... 


Et  adi  detto  (8  mag°  1502)   1  44  p(er)  tanti  fatti 
buoni  a  andrea  della  robbi(a)  p(er)  4  arme  posto 

lui  avere  jn  q(uest)o a  c  57  1  p(icco)li  —  f  7(Iarghi). 

6(grossi)  8" 
[Archivio  idem.     Idem,  c.  199'.] 

Bibl. : 

Carocci,  Valdarno,  44;  Cr.  356. 

160  STEMMA    DEL    CAPITOLO    DEL    DUOMO    DI    FIRENZE. 
c.  1502.     Galluzzo.     S.  Lucia. 

Similar  to  the  preceding. 

Bibl. : 

Carocci,  GallussOj  35 ;  Cr.,  344. 

161  STEMMA  NOT  IDENTIFIED,     c.   1502.     Empoli,  Museo  della 
CoUegiata.    Photo.,  Alinari,  10123. 

On  the  predella  of  the  altarpiece  of  the  Immaculate  Conception  are  two 
Tuscan  shields.  The  dexter  shield  bears  the  arms :  Azure,  an  architect's 
square  or.  On  the  sinister  shield  the  arms  are  too  effaced  to  be  recogniz- 
able. 

By  Benedetto  Buglioni. 

Bibl. : 

Carocci,  VaJdarno,  70;  C-M.,  255  No.  319. 

162  STEMMA  OF  THE   SFORZA   FAMILY,     c.    1502.      S.   Flora, 
Pieve.     Photos.,  Alinari,  9273-9274;  Lombard!,  1372. 

At  either  end  of  the  predella  of  the  Cintola  altarpiece  is  an  oval  shield 
bearing  the  Sforza  arms :  Gules,  a  lion  rampant  or  holding  a  quince  of  the 
same  with  stalk  and  foliage  vert.  The  tinctures  according  to  Crollalanza, 
for  the  Milanese  branch  of  the  Sforza  family,  are  Azure,  a  lion  or,  armed 
and  langued  gules,  holding  in  his  forepaws  a  quince  of  the  field  with  stalk 
and  foliage  vert.  But  the  tinctures  in  Italian  heraldry  are  not  invariable  as 
in  Northern  countries.  The  donor  of  this  altarpiece  was  probably  Count 
Guido  di  Bosio  di  Muzio  Sforza,  or  his  son  Count  Federigo. 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 


ROP.RTA    TIF.RAT.DRY  135 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Sforza  di  Milano ;  Repetti,  s.v.  Santa  Fiora;  R.,  D.  R.,  189- 
192  ;S"c.  Fl,  III,  168-169. 

163     STEMMA  OF  BINDACCO  DE'CERCHI.     1502.     Poppi,  Palazzo 
Pretorio  (Castello).     Photo.,  Alinari,  No.  9792. 

Witliin  a  wreath  consisting  of  eight  bunches  of  fruit  and  flowers  vari- 
ously composed  and  separated  by  transverse  fluted  ribbons  is  a  white  plate 
on  which  a  tournament  shield  (Fig.  127)  bears  the  Cerchi  arms:    Aciire, 


(■Wtt^grHONSlGUK;  , 
[^DECERCHlVn  C  ,  -  . 
[j^;MCCCCC'IK-  I: 

/  Fig.  127.    BiNDACLu  m,'  li.rchi. 

three  annulets  or,  one  of  which  encloses  the  Croce  del  Popolo  (a  cross 
gules  on  argent  field)  ;  in  chief  a  label  gules.  Above  the  shield  is  a  helmet 
with  foliated  mantlings  surmounted  by  a  demigriffin  rampant.  The  Trotti 
stemma  of  1492,  though  not  exactly  copied,  evidently  inspired  Giovanni  in 
producing  this  medallion. 

Below  it  is  a  tabclla  aiisata  inscribed : 
BINDACCO   DI   MICHE 
LE  DI  CHONSIGLIO 

DE  CERCHI  A  V(ICARI)0  A  E  A  C(OMMISSARnO  A 
+  MCCCCCII  +'^ 
Bindacco  de'Cerchi  was  Prior  in  Florence  in  1480. 
Atelier  of  Giovanni  dell  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Cerchi;  P.,  134;  W.,  135. 


r36  ROBBIA    HERALDRY 

164     STEMMA  OF  BERNARDO  MANETTI.     1503.     Borgo  San  Se- 
polcro,  Palazzo  Tribunale.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  wreath  of  fruit  of  fairly  regular  triplex  composition  against, 
a  flat  plate  is  set  a  lily-capped  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  128)  bearing  the  Ma- 
netti  arms:   Argent,  on  a  bend  a^iire  three  crescents  bendwise  or. 


Fig.  128.    Bernardo  Manetti. 

Below  is  a  horizontal  scroll  inscribed : 
BERNARDO  ^ 
DI   FILIPPO  ^  MAN- 
ETTI >  C(APITAN)0  ^  ET  ^-  C(OMMISSARI)0  +  1503 

The  Princeton  Priorista  omits  the  crescents.  Bernardo  di  Filippo  di 
Bernardo  Manetti  was  a  Prior  in  Florence  in  1494  and  1500. 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Manetti;  P.,  441-442;  W.,  151. 

165     STEMMA  OF  BERNARDO  MANETTI.     c.   1503.     Borgo  San 
Sepolcro,  Palazzo  Comunale. 

Below  a  medallion  of  the  Madonna  and  Child  with  two  cherubs  is  set  a 
bust  of  a  winged  cherub  holding  before  him  a  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  129) 
which  bears  the  Manetti  arms :  Argent,  a  bend  astire  charged  with  three 
crescents  bendwise  or. 

As  Bernardo  di  Filippo  Manetti  was  a  Capitano  and  Commissario  at 
Borgo  San  Sepolcro  in  1503,  it  is  likely  that  he  left  behind  him  this  me- 
morial also.     He  had  been  a  Prior  in  Florence  in  1494  and  1500. 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

See  the  preceding. 


ROP.BIA    HERALDRY 


137 


Fig.  ijy.     BmxAi;iHi    M  \^.■|  iti. 

166     STEMMA  OF  NICCOLO  DEL  MAESTRO  LUCA.     1503.    Bug- 
giano  Alto.     Castello.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  continuous  wreath  of  fruit,  flowers,  and  wheat,  set  against  a 
violet  background  a  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  130)  with  yellow,  fluted  ribbons 
bears  the  Maestro  Luca  arms:    Per  fess  gules  (base)  and  or  (chief),  three 
roundels,  two  and  one,  counterchanged. 
On  a  horizontal  scroll  below  is  inscribed : 
NICHOLO  A  DIS 
IMONE  A  DELMA 
ESTRO  LVCHA  A 

PO(DESTA  A  ET  A  CO(MMISSARIO)  A  1503. 
Atelier  of  Benedetto  Buglioni. 


Bibl. : 
Cr.,  335- 


138 


ROBBIA    HERALDRY 


[IMONE'Dtf*JifA"j 
SFi^OLVC'H/V 

■FT  c^-  i/Q? 

Fig.  130.     NiccoLO  Luca. 

167     STEMMA  OF  CARINAL  FAZIO  SANTORINI.     Campoli,  Pieve 
di  S.  Stefano.     1503. 

At  S.  Stefano  a  Campoli  may  be  seen  fragments  of  floriated  Tuscan 
shield  bearing  the  Santorini  arms :  Asitrc,  an  eradicated  palm  tree  vert 
crossed  by  a  fess  argent  charged  with  four  chevronels  gules,  a  bordure  or. 
The  shield  is  surmounteed  by  a  Cardinal's  hat.  This  dates  the  stemma  as 
Fazio  Santorini  of  Viterbo  was  made  a  Cardinal  by  Julius  II  in  1503.  He 
died  in  15 10. 

Crollalanza  and  the  Raccolta  di  Iscrizioni  make  the  palm  tree  or,  and  the 
former  gives  the  chevronels  as  sable,  but  Ciacconius  reports  the  tinctures 
as  they  are  given  here.  This  identification  was  sent  by  the  Vicario  of  the 
church  to  Mr.  Mather. 

Atelier  of  Benedetto  Buglioni. 


Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Santorini;  Ciacconius,  Res  Gestae,  Vol.  Ill,  or  Vol.  IV  (ed. 
1674) — ;  Raccolta  di  Iscrizioni  ecc.  Carlo  Strozzi,  sec.  XVII,  segnato 
Magliab.  CI.  XXVI,  Cod.  170'. 


ROBBIA    IIF.RAT.DRV  139 

168     STEMMA  OF  LORENZO  DI  BERNARDO  DA  GHIACCETO 

(or  DIACETO).     I503(?).     Certaldo,  Palazzo  Pretorio. 

Within  a  continuous  irregularly  composed  wreath  of  fruit,  wheat,  and 
flowers,  and  an  inner  egg  and  dart  moulding,  on  a  flat  plate  is  set  a  Tuscan 
shield  (Fig.  131)  bearing  the  da  Ghiacccto  (or  Diaceto)  arms:    Per  fess, 


Fig.  131.     LouE.\2u  Ghiacceto. 

or  (chief)  and  sable  (base),  a  lion  rampant  counterchanged.     In  chief,  a 
label  of  four  points  gules  and  escutcheon  with  Florentine  lily. 
Below,  on  a  horizontal  scroll  is  inscribed : 
LORENZO  A  D 
I   BERNARDO  A 
DI  CARLO  A  DA 

GHIACCETO  A  VIC(ARI)0  A  1503  ( ?). 
Atelier  of  Benedetto  Buglioni. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Diaceto;  W.,  142. 

169     INSCRIPTION  OF  GIOVANNI  LAPI.     1503.     Florence  (near), 
Castello  di  Vincigliata. 

Scott,  Vincigliata,  p.  61,  records  a  maiolica  inscription:  GIOVANNI- 
DI-  TOMASO-  LAPI-  V(ICARI)0-  E  COM(MISSARI)0-  1502 
E   1503 

The  stemma  if  preserved  would  have  been  blazoned :  Gules,  a  fess 
argent  charged  with  a  lion  passant  sable. 

Robbia  School. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Lapi. 


I40  ROBBIA    HERALDRY 

170     STEMMA  OF  PAOLO  DI  NICCOLO  FRESCOBALDL     1503. 
Galluzzo,  Palazzo  del  Podesta.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  wreath  irregularly  composed  of  fruit,  wheat,  but  chiefly  of 
leaves,  against  a  flat  plate,  is  a  lily-capped  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  132)  bear- 
ing the  Frescobaldi  arms:     Gules,  three  chess-rooks  argent,  a  chief  or. 


P\C(  )LODINf[? 

CHClIJiFRESCh.i 

rDB/UDIPMDIIJ:  j 

Fig.  132.     Paolo  Frescobaldi. 

Below,  is  a  winged  cherub  above  a  horizontal  scroll  inscribed : 

PAGOLO  DI   NI 

CHOLO    FRESCH 

OBALDI  A  P(ODEST)A  A  MDIII 
Atelier  of  Benedetto  Buglioni. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Frescobaldi;  W.,  140. 

171     STEMMA  OF  SIMONE  DI  BERNARDO  DEL  NERO.     1503. 
Volterra,  Palazzo  dei  Priori.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  continuous  wreath  of  fruit  and  flowers  irregularly  composed 
set  on  a  concave  blue  disk,  is  a  kite  shaped  shield  (Fig.  133)  bearing  the 
del  Nero  arms :  Sable,  a  greyhound  salient  argent,  collared  gules  with, 
ornaments  or. 


ROBBIA    HERALDRY 


141 


Below,  a  rectangular  tablet  with  plain  architectural  frame  is  inscribed: 
SIMONE  +  Dl  BE 
RNARDO  +  DI  SI 
MONE+DEL  NER 

O  +  CA(PITAN)0  +  E  C(0)M(MISSARI)0  +  1503 
Sinione  di  Bernardo  di  Simone  del  Nero  was  Prior  of  Florence  in  1489 
and  in  1501.     His  father  was  one  of  the  twenty  sent  to  Volterra  to  quell 
the  rebellion  of  1472. 

Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 


SIMONE^DlBElj 
1RNARD091S]'( 
fcNE^DgLNER> 


Fig.  IJ3.     Stmoxe  hei.  Nero. 


Bibl. : 


C,  s.v.  Nero   (del)    (gives  the  arms  as  Gules,  a  greyhound  salient 
argent,  etc.)  ;  P.,  657. 

172     STEMMA  OF  THE  ROSSI  FAMILY,    c.  1503.    Signa,  S.  Mauro. 
Photo.,  Private. 

On  the  console  of  a  ciborio  from  the  atelier  of  Benedetto  Buglioni  is  a 
modified  kite  shaped  shield  bearing  the  Rossi  arms :  Argent,  a  tree  proper 
terraced  gules. 


Bibl. : 

Carocci,  Valdarno,  18,  22;  C,  s.v.  Rossi. 


142 


ROBBIA    HERALDRY 


173  STEMMA  OF  CARDINAL  GIOVANNI  DE'  MEDICI  AND  OF 
BOLSENA.  c.  1504.  Bolsena,  Collegiata  di  S.  Cristina.  Photo., 
Alinari,  11711. 

(i)   At  the  dexter  end  of  the  predella  (Fig.  134)  of  an  elaborate  ciborio 


J^MiJLMMMMMmMl>iUjAliAmMiMiimisi^LtW 


•■v 


'^M&i^ 


H 


v.^ 


Fig.  134.     Medici  and  Bolsena  Arms. 


ROBIUA    111-:KAL1)RY  143 

are  the  arms  of  Cardinal  (jiovanni  de'Medici  (later  Leo  X),  who  was 
established  at  Bolsena  as  Cardinal  Legate  from  1503  to  15 12.  A  long 
cross  is  set  behind  the  shield  and  over  it  a  Cardinal's  hat  with  its  pendent 
tassels.  A  lily-capped  Tuscan  shield  disi>lays  the  five  Medici  torteaux  in 
orle,  and  in  chief  a  hurt. 

(2)  At  the  sinister  end,  on  a  Tuscan  shield  is  the  stemma  of  the  city  of 
Bolsena :   Gules,  three  pallets  or. 

By  Benedetto  Buglioni. 

Bibl. : 

C-M.,  228  No.  141  ;  C,  s.v.  Medici;  R.,  D.  R.,  231-232;  Sc.  FL,  IV, 
50,  52;  Zampi,  1-9. 

174  STEMMA  OF  BOLSENA.     C.   1504.     Bolsena,  Collegiata  di   S. 
Cristina.     Photo.,  Alinari,  11704-11705. 

Above  the  portal  of  the  church  is  a  lunette  representing  S.  Cristina  and 
S.  Georgio.  The  latter  is  provided  with  a  kite  shaped  shield,  bearing  the 
arms  of  Bolsena  :  Gules,  three  pallets  or. 

Bibl. : 

C-M.,  228,  No.  142;  Cr.,  334. 

175  STEMMA  OF  BARTOLOMMEO  GAETANL     1504.     Fabbrica 
di  Peccioli,  Pieve  di  S.  Maria.    Photo.,  Private. 

At  either  end  of  the  predella  of  the  large  altarpiece  is  a  Tuscan  shield 
(Fig.  135)  bearing  the  Gaetani  arms:  Per  pale,  dexter,  quarterly  argent 
(i  and  4)  and  gules  (2  and  3)  ;  sinister,  paly  of  four  gules  and  or.  The 
pallets  are  not  displayed  in  the  same  way  as  on  the  Gaetani-Minerbetti 
stemma  in  the  Museo  Nazionale,  no.  43. 

The  name  of  the  donor  and  the  date  are  inscribed  in  two  tablets  also  on 
the  predella : 

QVESTA  A  TAVOLA 

A  FATA  A  FARE  A  BAR 

TOLOMEO  DI  BAR 

OLOMEO  A  GAETANI 

ANNO  A  DOMINI 
INCARNATION 
IS  A  MCCCCCIIII 
Atelier  of  Benedetto  Buglioni. 


144 


ROBBIA    HERALDRY 


Fig.  135.     Bartolommeo  Gaeiani. 


Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Gaetani. 

176  FIVE  STEMMI  OF  PODESTA.     FABBRICA  DI  PECCIOLI. 
c.  1504. 

Much  damaged,  high  up,  difficult  to  photograph  or  to  describe. 

Bibl. : 
Cr.,  351. 

177  STEMMA  OF  THE  CASAVECCHIA  FAMILY,     c.   1504.     S. 
Casciano,  S.  Maria  a  Casavecchia.     Photo.,  Alinari,  10087. 

(i)  At  either  end  of  the  predella  (Fig.  136)  of  the  altarpiece  of  the  As- 
sumption is  a  French  shield  containing  the  Da  Casavecchia  arms :  Azure, 
three  lilies,  2  and  i,  or;  with  a  bordure  of  the  second. 

(2)  In  the  atrium  of  the  Canonica  is  a  medallion  framed  with  a  wreath 
of  fruit  and  flowers  and  animalculi  enclosing  a  shield  bearing  the  Da 
Casavecchia  arms  as  described  above. 

By  Benedetto  Buglioni. 

Bibl. : 

Carocci,  San  Casciano,  62.;  C-M.,  254,  No.  316. 


ROniUA    HERALDRY 


145 


Fig,  136.    Casavecchia. 


178     STEMMA  OF  FRANCESCO  VOLPINI. 
mano,  S.  Andrea.    Photo.,  Private. 


1 504.     Tizzano-Dico- 


At  either  end  of  the  predella  of  the  altarpiece  of  the  Madonna  enthroned 
and  Saints  is  a  kite  shaped  shield  (Fig.  137)  bearing  the  arms  of  Fran- 
cesco Volpini :  Per  fess,  in  a  chief  argent  a  Hly  gules  above  a  wolf  passant 
proper  (not  glazed),  a  base  azure. 

The  individual  and  date  are  indicated  in  the  inscription  also  on  the 
predella : 


Fig.  137.     Francesco  Volpini. 

OB   NIMIAM-   AC    DEBITAM    REVERENTIAM  •    SACRI 
CVLTVS-   FRANCISCVS-   VVOLPINVS  ■   OVO 
TEMPORE-   HVIVS-    ECCLESIAE-    RECTOR-    PREFVIT- 
BEATE  ■  VIRGINI  -  AC  -  DIVO  ANDREE  ■  CETERISOVE  ■  SAN 
CTIS-    OVORVM-    HIC-    EXISTANT-    IMAGINES-    PRESE 
NS-  OPVS-  MIRA  ARTE-  COMPOSITVM-  PIA -  RELIGIONE 
DICAVIT-  ANNO-  DOMINICE-  INCARNATIONIS 
MCCCCCIIII   TERTIO(die  ante)  -  NONAS-  AVGVSTI 
By  Benedetto  Buglioni. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Volpini. 


179  EMBLEM  OF  THE  MONTOLIVETANI.  c.  1504.  (i)Petrig- 
nano,  S.  Ansano.  Photo.,  Private;  (2)  Monteoliveto  Maggiore,  Ab- 
bazia.     Photo.,  Alinpri,  9152;  Lombardi,  1543. 


ROBBIA     lii:k  AI.DkV 


'47 


(i  )  At  eitluT  ciul  oi  the  prcclclla  of  the  allarpiece  of  S.  Antonio  and  S. 
Sebastiano,  enclosed  in  rectangles  are  the  insi,<;nia  of  the  monastery  at 
Montoliveto:  Aztirc,  a  mount  of  three  tops  or  sproutiiii^-  with  olive  branches 
vert  and  surmounted  by  a  cross  gnlcs. 


Fig.    138.      MONTEOLIVETO. 

(2)  These  arms  also  occur  on  Giovanni  della  Robbia's  throne  of  the 
Madonna  at  Montoliveto  (Fig.  138),  and  suggest  that  the  church  at  Pet- 
rignano  was  one  of  its  dependencies. 

Atelier  of  Benedetto  Buglioni. 

Bibl. : 

Guardabassi,  44;  Cr.,  240. 


180     EMBLEM  OF  THE  OPERA,     c.   1504. 
Gemignano.     Photo.,  Private. 


.\ntona    (Carrara),   S. 


148 


ROBBIA    HERALDRY 


At  either  end  of  the  predella  of  the  altarpiece  of  the  Madonna  enthroned 
with  Saints  is  a  Tuscan  shield  on  which  is  inscribed  in  bkie  letters  on 
white  OP(ER)A,  indicating  that  the  commissioners  of  the  altarpiece  were 
the  vestry,  known  as  the  Opera  or  the  Operarii  of  the  church. 

By  Benedetto  Buglioni. 

Bibl. : 

Mazzini,  10-13. 

181     STEMMA  OF  FRANCESCO  DI  ZANOBI  SERFRANCESCHI. 
1505.     Radda,  Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,  Private. 

On  a  rectangular  tablet,  framed  with  plain  mouldings,  is  set  a  kite  shaped 
shield   (Fig.   139)   surrounded  by  floral  scrolls  and  bearing  the  Serfran- 


Tf.   ,^-«-     - 


rR/\Ntb:stioa2 

AN(OB1D1/\CHOPO 
SL-RFRANCESHIP 
.ECVlyNAQCCCpV- 


Fig.  IJ9.     SERFR.\^■CESCHI. 

ceschi  arms :    Or,  a  lion  rampant  sable,  in  base  three  mounts  gules,  over  all 
a  bend  of  France  ancient. 

Below,  on  a  plain  rectangular  tablet,  is  inscribed : 
FRANCESCHO  DI  Z 
ANOBI    DI   lACHOPO 
SERFRANCESCHI  ►  P(ODEST)A  ► 
E  ►  CH  ( APITAN )  O  ►  MCCCCCV  + 
Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

w.,  173-174- 

182     STEMMA  OF  GIOVANNI  JACOPI.      1505.     San  Giovanni  in 
Valdarno,  Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,  Private. 


On  a  tournament  shield  (Fig.  140)  unframed  but  upheld  by  two  hands, 
is  the  Jacopi  stemma :     Or,  a  boar  sable  girt  argent. 


ROBBIA    HERALDRY 


149 


Beneath  is  a  horizontal  scroll  inscribed: 

GIOVANNI  >  lACO 
PI  -f  VICARIO  -f  E  -f 
CONMISSARIO 
-^  1505  -^ 


G0VA1TI-IAC( 

-C0^lt41SSARl(l 


Fig.  140.     Giovanni   Iacobi. 

Crollalanza  gives  the  Jacopi  arms  as  a  roundel  argent  charged  with  a 
cross  gules,  surrounded  by  two  rings  vert  and  sable.  The  Princeton  Prior- 
ista  pictures  a  black  boar  girt  argent  in  a  field  or  as  the  arms  of  the  Veneri 
family.  The  Porcellini  arms  exhibit  a  black  boar  rampant  on  a  field  of 
silver.  But  :\Ir.  Rufus  G.  Mather  writes  me  that  Roselli's  Sepoltuario  and 
the  Florentine  Priorista  give  the  Jacopi  arms  as  they  are  displayed  at  San 
Giovanni  in  Valdamo. 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C.,  s.v.  Jacopi;  P.,  479;  Rosselli,  Sepoltuario. 

183     STEMMA  OF  LUTOZZO  DI  PIERO  NASI.     1505.     Volterra, 
Palazzo  dei  Priori.     Photo.,  Private. 


Within  a  continuous  wreath  of  fruit  and  flowers  of  triplex  composition, 


mo 


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set  on  a  concave  disk  imitating  red  porphyry,  is  a  lily-capped  Tuscan  shield 
(Fig.  141)  bearing  the  Nasi  arms:  Azure,  a  fess  argent  accompanied  by 
three  wheels  of  the  same.    2  in  chief,  i  in  base. 


o-dTT 

'PlERODILVT0i 

•iZZO-NASI'CAl 

Fig.    141.     LuTozzo   Nasi. 


Below  is  a  horizontal  scroll  inscribed: 

LVTOZZO  ^  DI 

PIERO  +  DI  LUTO 

ZZO  +  NASI  >  CA(PITAN)0 

E  C(0)M(MISSARI)0  ♦  1504  >  1505  ♦ 
Lutozzo  di  Piero  di  Lutozzo  Nasi  was  a  Prior  of  Florence  in  15 12  and 

1529- 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Nasi;  P.,  307-308. 

184     STEMMA  OF  GIOVENCO  DI  GIULIANO  DE'MEDICI.     1506. 
Pieve  San  Stefano.     Palazzo  Comunale.     Photo.,  Private. 


This  stemma  seems  to  have  been  the  object  of  especial  care.  The  wreath 
irregularly  composed  of  fruit  and  flowers  is  bound  by  a  broad  white  band 
at  the  base.    From  this  band  the  motion  of  the  wreath  is  developed  in  both 


ROBBIA    HERALDRY  151 

directions,  nicetiiii;-  at  the  top.     Within   the  wrcatli   is  an  egg  and  dart 

mouUiini^-,  then  a  wiiitc  jiiate  l>earint;-  a  lily-cai^ped  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  142) 


t 

Fig.  142.    (jiuxENcii  1)1-;'  Mf.dici. 

surrounded  bv  floral  scrolls.     The  shield  hears  the  Medici  arms :    Or,  six 
torteaux  in  orle. 

Below,  the  hands  of  a  cherub  unroll  a  curved  scroll  inscribed: 

GIOVENCHO-    DI  G(I)V 

LIANO-   DE    MEDICI- 

VICHARIO-    MCCCCCV 

•E-  MCCCCCVI 
There  were  two  of  the  Medici   family  who  Ixjre  the  name  Giovenco  di 
Giuliano.     This  was  probably  the  later  one. 
Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C.,  s.v.  Medici;  Litta,  s.v.  Medici,  Tav.  XVII. 

185  STEMMA   OF   ANDREA   DI    BESE   ARDINGHELLI.      1507. 
Buggiano  Alto   (near  Pescia).     Municipio.     Photo.,  Private. 

Removed  from  the  Castello.  On  a  rectangular  tablet,  against  a  green 
background  is  set  a  floriated  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  143)  bearing  the  Ardin- 
ghelli  arms :  Or,  a  cross  lozengy,  vert  and  argent.  The  lower  part  of  the 
frame  broadened  is  inscribed  : 

ANDREA  -¥  DI  BESE 
ARDINGHELGLI  ^ 
P(ODEST)A  +  1506  -f  E  -f  1507  -f 
This  family  was  well  represented  in  high  offices  in  Florence. 
Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C.,  s.v.  Ardinghelli ;  Cr.,  335;  P.,  34-37:  W.,  126. 

186  STEMMA  OF  BERNARDO  DI  BERNARDO  GLASINI.     1507. 
Borgo  San  Sepokro,  Palazzo  Tribunale.     Photo.,  Private. 


152 


ROBBIA    HERALDRY 


ANDREADIBESE 

ARDIN6HELGLI 
iP*lfo^.E.|fo7 


Fig.  143.     Andrea   Ardinghelli. 

Within  a  wreath  of  continuous,  irregularly  composed  bunches  of  fruit 
and  flowers,  on  a  flat  plate  is  a  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  144)  bearing  the  Glasini 
arms:    Aznre(?),  a  bend  embattled,  counterembattled  or(?). 
Below,  a  white  horizontal  scroll  is  inscribed : 
BERNARDO  +  DI 
BERNARDO  > 
DI   NICHOLO 
DEL   GLASINI  ^ 

CH(APITAN)0  +  E  COM(MISSARI)0  ^  1507 
Robbia  School. 


187     STEMMA  OF  ALESSANDRO  DI  GINO  GINORI.     1507.    Cas- 
tiglione-Fiorentino,  Municipio.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  rectangular  frame  is  set  a  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  145)  bearing 
the  Ginori  arms:  Azxirc.  a  bend  or  charged  with  three  mullets  of  eight 
points  of  the  field.     In  chief  a  Florentine  lily. 

Below  a  wingless  putto  unfolds  a  horizontal  scroll  inscribed : 
ALESSANDRO 
DI   GINO  >  DI  GV 
LIANO  ^  GINORI 
^  P(ODEST)A  ^  E  +  CH(APITAN)0  >  1507 


ROBBIA    HERALDRY 


153 


Fig.  144.     Beknaruo  Glasini. 

Alessandro  Ginori  was  a  Prior  of  Florence  in  1488  and  1501.  His 
father  Gino  was  Vicario  and  Commissario  at  S.  Giovanni  in  \'a!darno  in 
1489  and  1490. 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Ginori;  P.,  460-462. 


'ALESSAKDRO 

DlGlNO'D\GV\ 

LIANO-€nlN0RI 

—  ■ » J^  I     ■     <g'i o— «"-      - 

Fig.  14^.     At.essandro  Gtnori. 

188     STEMMA  OF  MONTEPULCL^NO.    c.  1507.    Montepulciano,  S. 
Maria  delle  Grazie.     Photos.,  Alinari,  9193;  Lombardi,  1481. 


154 


ROBBIA    HERALDRY 


At  either  end  of  the  predella  of  the  altarpiece  representing  God  the 
Father  and  Saints  is  a  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  146).  The  shield  at  the  dexter 
end  displays  the  arms  of  the  town  of  Montepulciano :  Argent,  a  griffin 
segreant  gules.  With  other  tinctures,  this  might  be  the  stemma  of  Perugia, 
or  of  the  Martelli  or  the  Franciotti  family.     As  this  does  not  appear  to  be 


F.G.     140.       Alu.N  IhfULLl.-iNu. 


RU1U;1A    HERALDRY  155 

a  civic  monument,  it  is  ])ossil:)le  that  the  arms  here  (Hsphiyed  are  the  arms 
of  a  donor  who  liappcned  to  I)ear  the  same  arms  as  the  town  of  Monte- 
pulciano.     In  whicii  case  the  arms  at  the  sinister  end  :     i'er  pale,  tii gciil  and 
gules,  would  represent  the  arms  of  his  wife. 
Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Rohhia. 

Bibl. : 

Amati,  Die.  Cor.,  s.v.  Montepulciano;  C-M.,  239  No.  210;  Passerini, 

175- 

189  STEABIA  OF  THE  CHELI  FAMILY,     c.   1507.     Gallicano,   S. 
JacoiX).     Photo.,  Alinari,  8196. 

At  either  end  of  the  predella  of  the  altarpiece  representing  the  Madonna 
enthroned  with  Saints  are  Tuscan  shields  containing  the  much  eft'aced 
coats  of  arms  of  the  Cheli  family  of  Gallicano:  .Iznre,  a  cock  with  a 
spike  of  millet  in  its  mouth.  This  information  was  .sent  to  Mr.  Mather  by 
the  Pievano  of  the  church,  Monsignor  Massimo  Nobili. 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

R.,  D.  R..  233-234;  Sc.  Fl.,  IV,  51.  53-54- 

190  STEMMA  OF   SER   NICCOLO   DI   GIOVANNI   POSI.      1507. 
Montalcino,  Ospedale,  gia  S.  Francesco.     Photo..  Lombardi,  1514. 

In  1507  Ser  Niccolo  Posi  set  up  an  altarpiece  for  the  welfare  of  his  wife's 
soul  and  for  that  of  her  parents.     The  predella  is  inscribed : 
S(ER)    NICHOLAVS-   POSI-   IOH(ANN)IS-   DE    POSIS-   P(R)0 
ANIMA-   BATISTE-   SVE-   VXXORIS-   ET"   D(OMIN)E- 
PETRE-  ET-  FRANC(ESCH)I-  DE 
BARRATIS-  P(AT)RIS-  ET-  MATRIS-  IP(S)IVS-  BATISTE-  ET 
AD   EORVM-  LAVDE(M)  •  FIERI-  FECIT-  MDVII 
At  each  end  of  the  predella  on  oval  shields  (Fig.  147)  are  displayed  the 
Posi  arms:  Per  bend  embattled,  a^iire  (chief)  charged  with  a  rose  argent, 
and  gules  (base). 

At  each  end  of  the  lower  line  of  the  inscription  is  an  emblem  capi^ed 
with  a  cross. 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

Brogi,  Ini'ent.,  249. 


156 


ROBBIA    HERALDRY 


Fig.  147.  NiccoLu  Posi. 

191     EMBLEM  OF  DINO  DA  RADICOFANI  AND  STEMMA  OF 

THE  MUTA  FAMILY,     c^  1507.     Radicofani,  S.  Pietro.     Photo., 
Private. 


The  predella  of  the  altarpiece  of  the  Madonna  between  S.  Michele  and 
S.  Caterina  of  Alexandria,  contains  two  stemmi  which  I  have  not  positively 
deciphered  (Fig.  148).  The  dexter  shield  contains  a  circle  divided  per 
fess,  in  chief  two  crosslets,  in  base  the  letter  D,  the  whole  surmounted  by 
a  cross.  Possibly  this  is  the  emblem  of  Dino  da  Radicofani,  who  became 
archbishop  of  Genoa  and  then  of  Pisa.  At  the  sinister  end  the  arms  are : 
Azure  an  eagle  sable  regardant  a  sun  or — possibly  the  arms  of  the  Muta 
family,  originally  from  Orvieto. 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 


ROBBIA    lll'.RALDRY 


157 


Fig.  148.     DiNO   Emhlem   and   Muta   Arms. 


Bibl. : 


Brogi,  Invent.,  437;  C,  s.v.  Muta;  Repetti,  s.v.  Radicofani. 

192     STEMMA  OF  GIULIANO  DI  LUCA  CARNESECCHI.     1507. 
Galluzzo,  Palazzo  del  Podesta.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  rectangular  frame  is  a  beribboned  oval  shield  (Fig.  149)  bear- 
ing the  Carnesecchi  arms :  Acurc.  charged  with  a  chess-rook  or,  a  chief 
bendy  azure  and  or.    In  the  lower,  broadened  part  of  the  frame  is  inscribed : 

GIVLIANO  A  DI  LVCH 
A  A  CHARNESECHI  • 
PO(DESTA)  •  1506    1507 
Giuliano  appears  not  to  have  held  the  office  of  Prior  in  Florence. 
Robbia  School. 


Bibl. : 

Carocci,  Galluzzo,  39;  C.,  s.v.  Carnesecchi;  P,  302-305. 


ROBBIA    HERALDRY 


Fig.  149.     GiULiANo  Carnesecchi. 

193     STEMMA    OF    BARTOLOMMEO    DI    NICCOLO    UGOLINI. 
1507.    Cutigliano,  Palazzo  Pretorio.    Photo.,  Private. 


On  a  rectangular  tablet  framed  with  plain  mouldings  is  set  a  Tuscan 
shield  with  apices  rolled  forward  bearing  the  Ugolini  arms :  Per  bend  or 
(chief)  and  acurc  (base)  with  two  leopards  passant  counterchanged. 

Below  is  a  rectangular  tablet  inscribed : 

BARTOLO:\IEO    DI    NICHOLO 
VGOLINI   CH(A)P(ITAN)0  •    MDVII 

Bartolommeo  di  Niccolo  di  Georgio  di  Niccolo  di  Luca  Ugolini  was  a 
Prior  in  Florence  in  15 14. 

Wills  gives  the  Ugolini  arms:  Argent,  seme  of  estoiles  gules,  a  lion 
rampant  the  same. 

Robbia  School. 

Bibl. : 

C.,  s.v.  Ugolini;  P.,  502-503;  W..  182. 

194     STEMMA  OF  THE  CATTANI  FAMILY,     c.   1507.     Florence, 
Museo  di  S.  Marco,  Font,  formerly  at  Camoggiano.     Photo.,  Private. 

On  the  frieze  of  the  font  is  painted  an  oval  shield  bearing  the  Cattani 
arms ;  Sable,  a  pale  argent  accompanied  by  two  stars  of  eight  points  of  the 
same.  The  Cattani  family  enjoyed  the  patronage  of  the  church  at  Camog- 
giano. Possibly  the  individual  who  presented  the  font  was  Urbano  di 
Urbano  di  Ubaldo  Cattani,  a  Prior  in  Florence  in  1495. 

Robbia  School. 

Bibl. ; 

Carocci,  Boll.  d'Arte,  ¥(1911),  381,  384;  C,  s.v.  Cattani;  Marcotti, 
375;  P.,  399-400;  Repetti,  s.v.  Camoggiano. 


ROBBIA    iii:i^\Li)m' 

195     STEMMA  OF  ANTONIO-FRANCESCO  SCALE 

l>eria,  Palazzo  A'icariato.     Photo.,  Private. 


1 507- 


159 
Scar- 


From  a  wliite  l)an(l  at  base  a  wreath  of  continuous,  triplex  composition 
of  fruit,  wheat,  and  flowers,  proceeds  in  lx)th  directions  to  the  top  where  is 
set  a  larsfe  white  flower.    The  wreath  encloses  a  flat  plate  on  which  is  set 


Fig.  150.     Antonio  Sc.\li. 

a  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  150)  bearing  the  Scali  arms:     Acurc,  a  ladder  of 
three  rungs  in  pale  or. 

Below,  a  winged  cherub  unfolds  a  curved  scroll  on  which  is  inscribed : 
ANTONIO  A  FRAN 
CIESCHO  A  DI   BA 
RTOLOMEO   ISCH 
ALI  A  VICH(ARI)0  A  MCCCCCVII 
Antonio-Francesco  di  Bartolonimeo  di  Luigi  Scali  had  been  Prior  in 
Florence  in  1480  and  1496,  and  Capitano  and  Commissario  at  Borgo  San 
Sepolcro  in  1501. 
Robbia  School. 


Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Scali ;  P.,  597. 

196     STEMMA    OF    GUGLIELMO    D' ANTONIO    ALESSANDRI. 
1507.    S.  Giovanni  in  Valdarno,  Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,  Private. 


i6o 


ROBBTA    HERALDRY 


Within  a  wreath  of  fruit,  flowers,  and  wheat  arranged  in  roughly  triplex 
groups,  separated  by  an  egg  and  dart  moulding,  is  a  disk  on  which  is  set  a 
Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  151),  beribboned,  containing  the  stemma  of  the  Ales- 
sandri  family:  Azure,  a  double-headed  lamb,  passant  argent:  in  chief  a 
serpent  gnles. 


Fig.  151.     GuGLiELMO  Alessandri. 


Below  is  a  horizontal  scroll  inscribed : 

GVGLELMO  A  DAN 

TONIO  ADI  M(ESSER)    AL 

ESA(N)DRO A  DELLI 

ALESA(N)DRI  a  VIC(ARI)0  a  ET 

COM(MISSARI)0   1506   1507 
Guglielmo  d'Antonio  di  Messer  Alessandro  d'Ugo  di  Bartolo  Alessandri 
became  a  Prior  in  Florence  in  1516. 
Atelier  of  Benedetto  Buglioni. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Alessandri;  P..  47,  455-457;  W.,  125. 

197     STEMMA  OF   ANTONIO   DI   LIONE   CASTELLANI.      1507. 
Pieve  San  Stefano,  Palazzo  Comunale.     Photo.,  Private. 


The  wreath  is  bound  at  the  base  by  broad  white  ribbons,  from  which  an 
irregular  succession  of  fruit  and  flowers  moves  to  left  and  right  meeting 
at  the  top  of  the  medallion,  which  is  marked  by  a  large  white  flower. 
Against  a  flat  blue  plate  is  set  a  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  152)  beribboned,  bear- 


ROr.r.TA    Tir.RAT.DRY  i6i 

ing  the  Castellani  arms:    Ar^ciil,  a  castle  eiiibatllcd  and  tlankcd  by  two 
towers  gules. 

Below,  two  hands  untold  a  curved  scroll  inscribed: 
ANTONIO   DI   LIO 
NE   CHASTELLANI 
VICH(ARI)0    MCCCCCVII 
Many  members  of  this  family  held  high  office  in  Florence. 
Robbia  School. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Castellani:  P.,  368. 


Fig.  152.     Antonio  C.^STELL.^kNi. 

198  STEMMA  OF  GIOVANNI  D'ANTONIO  PERUZZI.  1507. 
S.  Giovanni  in  Valdarno.  Palazzo  Pretorio.  Photo.,  Alinari,  No. 
9846. 

Within  a  wreath  of  fruit,  flowers,  and  wheat  of  irregularly  triplex  com- 
position, set  against  a  concave  disk  which  imitates  red  porphyry  is  a  Tuscan 
shield  (Fig.  153)  bearing  the  Peruzzi  arms:   Azure,  eight  pears  or.    The 
number  of  pears,  according  to  Crollalanza  and  \\'ills,  should  be  six.  but 
Italian  heraldry  exhibits  much  freedom  of  details. 
Below  is  a  horizontal  scroll  inscribed : 
GIOVANNI  +  DAN 
TONIO  ^  DI    GOV 
ANNI  +  PERVZZI 
VIC(A)RIO  +  LANN(O)  -♦-  MDVII 
Giovanni  d'Antonio  di   Gio\-anni   Peruzzi  was  a  Prior  of  Florence  in 
1499  and  1527. 
Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C.,  s.v.  Peruzzi:  P.,  86-88:  \V.,  164. 


I  02 


ROBBIA    HERALDRY 


r^ 


-^m 


govMni-dan' 
toniodigov 
anni'peryzzi 

Fig.  153.     Giovanni  Peruzzi. 


199     STEMMA  OF  NERI  DI  FILIPPO  RINUCCINI. 
Castello,  Cortile.    Photo.,  Alinari,  8708. 


1507.     Lari, 


Within  a  wreath  composed  of  continuous  series  of  bunches  of  fruit  and 
flowers  is  set  a  Tuscan  shield  with  apices  bent  forward  and  rolled  back  con- 
taining the  Rinuccini  arms :  Argent,  a  bend  fusilly  azure,  in  chief  a  label 
of  five  points  gules. 

Below  is  a  horizontal  scroll  inscribed : 
NERI    DI    PHILIPPO 
RINVCCINI 

VIC(ARIO)   ET  COM(MISSARIO)   MDVII 
Neri's  son  Filippo  di  Xeri  di  Filippo  Rinuccini  became  a  Prior  in  Flor- 
ence in  1 5 10. 
Robbia  School. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Rinuccini;  P.,  311  :  W..  169. 


ROBI'.IA    Ill'.|s:.\l.l)m'  163 

200  STEMMA  POSSIBLY  OF  THE  SCARAPUCCI  FAMILY.    1507. 
Florence,  Castello  di  \incigliata. 

Scott.  J'iiicii^liata,  p.  40  notes  a  steninia  in  maiolica  with  tlie  device  "a 
star  anil  a  lion's  jaw"  signed  V.  B.  1507.  AFr.  ALather  writes:  "This 
seems  to  nie  a  misprint.  A  star  and  lion's  paw  occurs  several  times  ijn 
Florentine  heraldry,  as  for  instance,  the  Scarapucci  arms  are  Azure,  a  star 
and  lion's  paw  in  a  bend  or." 

201  EMBLEM  OF  S.  MARIA  DELLA  QUERCIA.     1508.     Viterbo, 
S.  Maria  della  Oucrcia.     Photos.,  Alinari,  11S47;  Moscioni.  4256. 

For  the  protection  of  his  vineyard  a  pious  peasant  ordered  an  artist 
known  as  Monetto  to  paint  for  him  an  image  of  the  Madonna.  This  he 
executed  on  a  roof  tile  which  was  suspended  from  an  oak  tree  by  the  road- 
side. The  miracles  which  this  Aladonna  della  Querela  performed  are  re- 
lated in  a  series  of  frescoes  in  the  Palazzo  Comunale  at  Viterbo.  This 
ancient  image  has  disappeared,  but  for  the  church  built  on  the  site  of  the 
oak  tree  Andrea  della  Robbia  was  commissioned  in  1507  and  1508  to  make 
three  lunettes.  The  central  one  shows  the  Madonna  behind  whom  are  rep- 
resented branches  of  the  celebrated  oak  (Fig.  154). 

By  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C-M.,  257-258  No.  340:  Cr.,  196-197;  M.,  Sc.  Mag..  1893,  683;  Mor- 
tier-Ferretti,  87,  154:  Pinzi,  A.  S.  A.,  Ill  (1890),  300-332  (Doc);  R., 
D.  R.,  210;  Sc.  F!.,  Ill,  177-179. 

202  EMBLEM    OF    S.    TOMMASO    D' AQUINO.      1508.      Viterbo, 
S.  Maria  della  Querela.     Photos.,  Alinari,  11849;  Brogi,  18345. 

The  archives  of  S.  Maria  della  Querela  show  that  in  1 507-1 508  Andrea 
della  Robbia  was  paid  for  the  three  lunettes  above  the  entrance  doors. 
The  lunette  to  the  right  represents  S.  Tommaso  d'Aquino  between  two 
angels.  He  is  represented  as  the  founder  of  the  order  (Dominican) 
bearing  in  his  right  hand  a  church  or  monastery,  in  his  left  a  book.  After 
his  death  he  is  said  to  have  appeared  with  a  sun  or  radiating  star  on  his 
breast  and  is  here  so  portrayed  (Fig.  155).  Era  Angelico  usually  dis- 
tinguishes the  sun  by  a  central  disk  with  or  without  facial  characters  and 
so  represents  it  on  the  breast  of  S.  Tommaso  (see  Schottmiiller,  Fra 
Angelico,  pis.  2,  98,  103,  189),  but  .\ndrea  della  Robbia  represents  it  here 


ROBr.l  A 


l^\T.1)RV 


165 


Fig.  155.     Emblkm  ok  S.  Tommaso  u'Aquino. 

as  a  star,  one  of  the  rays  of  which  points  to  the  model  of  a  church  which 
S.  Tommaso  holds. 

By  Andrea  della  Robbia. 


Bibl. 


Cahier,  Char.  d.  Saints.  I.  98,  390  note  4;  ^I-  Sc.  Mag.  (1893),  683; 
Mortier-Ferretti,  155;  Pinzi,  A.  S.  A..  Ill  (1890),  300-332  (Doc). 


Fig.  156.    Antonio  Rucf.llai. 


1 66  ROBBIA    HERALDRY 

203  STEMMA  OF  ANTONIO  DI  GIOVANNI  RUCELLAI.     1508. 
Pistoia,  Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  wreath  of  fruit,  flowers  and  wheat,  of  triple.x  bunches  separated 
by  fluted  ribbons  set  diagonally  is  a  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  156)  bearing  the 
Rucellai  arms:  Per  bend,  in  a  chief  gules  a  lion  passant  argent;  a  base 
barry  indented  azure  and  or. 

Below,  a  cherub  bears  the  inscription 

f  ANTONIO  DI  GIO 
VANNI   DANTONI 
O    RVCELLAI  -f  P(ODEST)A  t  M 
CCCCCVIII  '^ 
Antonio  di  Giovanni  d'Antonio  di  Giovanni  Rucellai  was  a  Prior  in 
Florence  in  1506. 

Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C.,  s.v.  Rucellai:  P.,  257-260:  W.,  170. 

204  STEMMA   OF  LODOVICO    DI   LODOVICO    GIANDONATI. 
1508.     Cutigliano,  Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  an  irregularly  composed  wreath  and  an  inner  egg  and  dart  mould- 
ing, set  on  a  flat  plate,  is  a  beribboned  Tuscan  shield  bearing  the  Giandonati 
arms:   Per  fess,  argent  (chief)  and  gules  (base). 
Below  a  cherub  supports  the  inscription : 
LODOVICHO    DI 
LODOVICHO   GIANDONATI 
CAP(ITAN)0    ET    COM(MISSARI)0     1508. 
The  Giandonati  family  furnished  six  Priors  to  Florence. 
Atelier  of  Benedetto  Buglioni. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Giandonati:  P.,  570. 

205  STEMMA  OF  THE  GIANDONATI  FAMILY,    c.  1508.     S.  Cas- 
ciano,  S.  Giovanni  in  Sugana.     Photo.,  Alinari,  10089. 

On  the  predella  of  the  altarpiece  of  the  Madonna  enthroned  with  Saints 
are  two  Tuscan  shields  bearing  the  Giandonati  arms :    Per   fess,  acure 


ROP.r.TA    TIF.RAT.DRV  167 

(chief;  and  gules  (base).  It  is  possible  tbat  llie  individual  here  indicated 
was  Lodovico  Giandonati,  who,  as  Capitano  and  Coinniissario  at  CutigH- 
ano  in  1508  and  Vicario  at  Pescia  in  1521,  was  a  patron  of  tiie  Delia  Rob- 
bias. 

By  Benedetto  Bu^lioni. 

Bibl. : 

Carocci,  S.  Casciauo,  157-158;  C-M.,  250  no.  285;  C,  s.v.  Giandonati; 
P-  570. 

206  STE.MMI  OF  THE  GIANDONATI  FAMILY,    c.  1508.     S.  Cas- 
ciano.     S.  Giovanni  in  Svigana,  Canonica. 

In  the  vaults,  walls,  and  over  the  doors  of  the  cortile  of  the  canonica  are 
many  stemmi  of  the  Giandonati  family.  Some  are  in  stone,  others  in  Rob- 
bia  ware.  Of  these  the  most  important  is  over  a  door  on  the  ground  floor. 
It  is  in  form  a  medallinn,  framed  with  a  wreath  of  fruit  and  enclosing  a 
Tuscan  shield  bearing  the  Giandonati  arms:  Per  fess,  azure  (cliief)  and 
gules  (base). 

The  Giandonati  family  were  patrons  of  this  churcli.  One  at  least  held 
the  ofifice  of  Pievano.     Many  were  buried  here. 

By  Benedetto  Buglioni. 

Bibl.: 

Carocci,  5".  Casciauo.  156-159;  C.,  s.v.  Giandonati;  P.,  570. 

207  STEMMA  OF  GUGLIELMO  d'ALOISI  SPINI.     1508.     Cutigli- 
ano,  Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,   Private. 

W'ithin  a  continuous,  irregularly  comi)osed  wreath  of  fruit  and  flow- 
ers, against  a  flat  plate,  is  set  a  lily-capped  Tuscan  shield  bearing  the  arms : 
Barry  nebuly  or  and  gules. 

Below,  a  cherub  upholds  a  curved  scroll  inscribed : 
CHVGLIELMO   DI   LV...SI 
(DI)    ANTONIO    ISPINI 

CH(APITAN)0    E   COM(MISSARI)0    MDVIII 
Guglielmo  d'Aloisi  d'Antonio  d'Angelo  Spini  belonged  to  a  familv  which 
held  high  office  in  Florence. 
Robbia  School. 


1 68 


ROBBIA    HERALDRY 


Document : 

Chapitanj  Montanee  pistorij  Cu 

Dnobus  Notariji 
Debet  facere  continua  re- 

sid(entiam) 
in    SCO    Marcello    n(isi) 

al(ite)r 
deliberabitur  p(er)  d(om- 

in)os 
p(rior)es  alib  vetere  c  233 


Duobus  Domicellis 

xij  famulis  inter  quos  sint 

Tres  balistarij 

Tribus  equis 


Cum  salario  lib  (raruni) 
1403    s   9   d(en.)    10   de 

quibus 
sibi  solvantur  1  675 

Comunj  pistorij  et 

Residu  p(er)  Comj  dietj 
Capj  subiecta 


Guglielmus  aloysij  ant'  angeli  despinis  p(ro)  6  mensibus  23  Marzii  1507 
[Arch,  di  stato.  Registrum  Extrinsecorum,  1 505-1 529  segnato  Tratte  Cod. 
71,  c.  13] 


Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Spini;  W.,  175. 


;■  ANNI-.I'HIWZ,!--:: 


Fig.  1^7.     Filippo  Peruzzi. 


208     STEMMA    OF    FILIPPO    DI    GIOVANNI    PERUZZI.      150S. 
Scarperia.     Palazzo  del  Vicariato.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  wreath  irregularly  composed  of  fruit,  wheat,  and  flowers,  with 
an  inner  egg  and  dart  moulding,  on  a  flat  plate  is  a  beribboned  Tuscan 
shield  (Fig.  157)  bearing  the  Peruzzi  arms:  Amtre,  six  pears,  three,  two 
and  one  or. 

Below,  on  a  rectangular,  filleted  tablet,  is  inscribed: 


ROBBIA    lll".lvAI.l)in-  169 

▲  I'li.iriH)  A  ni  ciov^ 

ANNI  A  PERUZl 

A  V(ICARI)0  AET  A  1507  A  150S 

Filippo  di  Giovanni  di  Rinieri  Pernzzi  was  a  Prior  in  I'lorLMire  in  1503. 

Atelier  of  Benedetto  Buglioni. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Pernzzi;  P.,  86-88:  W.,  164. 

209  STEMMA  OF  THE  GERINI  FA^IILV.     c.  1508.     Paris  Mii>ce 
de  Clnny,  No.  3095. 

In  the  centre  of  a  console  is  a  beribboned  Tuscan  shield  bearin-  the  Gerini 
arms:    A::iin\  a  wheel  between  three  lion  heads,  2  and  i,  or. 

Bibl.:  ,      ,        , 

DuSommerard,  Cat.,  256  No.  3095;  P-  795-796  (Azure,  a  wheel  and 

three  increscent  moons  or)  ;  W.,  141  •  .  _ 

210  EMBLE:sI  of  JESUS.     1508.     Massa  Carrara,  Duonio.  S.  Fran- 
cesco.    Photo.,  Private. 

Beneath  some  fragments  of  a  Nativity  attributed  to  Benedetto  Buglioni. 
but  more  likelv  to  have  been  made  by  some  other  member  of  the  Rnbbui 
School,  is  a  medallion  framed  by  a  scanty  olive  wreath  and  cuntammg. 
against  a  blue  background  in  yellow,  the  letters  Y  H  S.  Both  frame  and 
leHering  are  quite  ditterent  from  Benedetto  Buglioni's  Emblem  ot  Jesus 
in  S.  Pietro  in  Perugia. 

School  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

Mazzini,  i-io,  (Doc). 

211  STEMMA  OF  THE  STROZZI  AND  DEL  BENINO  FAMILIES, 
c.  1508.     Florence,  Palazzo  Canigiani.     Photo.,  Alinari,  17075. 

On  the  predella  of  the  relief  of  the  Madonna  and  Child  and  S.  Giovan- 
nino,  a  free  copy  of  Raphael's  La  Belle  Jardiniere  (1507).  on  Tuscan 
shields  (Fig.  158)  are  two  coats  of  arms.  The  dexter  shield  bears  the 
Strozzi  arms:  Or,  on  a  fess  gules  three  increscent  moons  argent.  The 
Minister  shield  bears  the  Del  Benino  arms:  Argent,  a  tmicorn  rampant 
gules.  The  Strozzi  and  Del  Benino  families  intermarried  several  times. 
In  1460  Leonardo  di  Stagio  Strozzi  married  Violante  di  Niccolo  di  Noferi 
Benini:  in  1488  Piero  di  Leonardo  di  Piero  del  Benino  married  Alessandra 
di  Lorenzo  di  Matteo  Strozzi;  and  in  1538  Matteo  di  Giovanni  di  Matteo 


170 


ROBBIA    HERALDRY 


Strozzi  married  Diamante  di  Raffaello  del  Benino.  On  account  of  the 
resemblance  to  Raphael's  painting  and  because  of  the  shape  of  the  shield, 
this  relief  may  be  assigned  to  about  1508. 


Bibl. 


Fig.  158.     Strozzi  and  Benino  Arms. 


Archivio  di  Stato.  Carte  Pucci,  Sec.  XVIII,  Fam.  Strozzi ;  also  Carte 
Dei,  sec.  XVIII  Fam.  Strozzi;  C,  s.v.  Strozzi,  Benino:  Cr.,  233;  Litta, 
IX,  Tav.  2,  17,  18;  P.,  92-96:  424:  R.,  D.  R.,  257:  Sc.  Fl,  IV,  p. 
VIII,  63. 


212     STEMMA  OF  THE  STROZZI  FAMILY,    c.  1508.    Ponte  a  Men- 
sola,  Villa  di  Querceto. 

Recorded  by  Miss  Cruttwell,  p.  352,  as  in  the  Villa  di  Querceto,  owned 
by  the  Marchese  Riccardo  Strozzi.  The  Strozzi  arms  are :  Or,  on  a  fess 
gules  three  moons  increscent  argent. 


RORRTA    HERAT. DRV  171 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Strozzi:  P.,  92-96:  W.,  176. 

213  STF..MMA  OF  THE  GHETTINI  FAMIIA'.  c.  1508.  Florence, 
Museo  Nazionale,  No.  56.     Photos.,  Alinari,  2777:  I>rogi,  9480. 

At  either  end  of  the  predella  of  the  altarpiece  of  the  Xativity  and  Saints 
(No.  56  in  Mils.  Naz.)  is  a  beribljoned  Tuscan  shield  (F^ig.  159)  bearing 
the  Ghettini  arms:  Azure,  three  mounts  of  three  summits  or,  2  and  i, 
separated  by  a  bend  ondy  of  the  same;  in  chief  a  label  of  Anjou,  gules 
with  three  lilies  or. 

By  Benedetto  Buglioni. 

Bibl. : 

C-M.,  160,  237  No.  199;  M.,  D.  R.  A.,  153,  Fig.  61;  Supino,  448, 
No.  56. 

214  STEMMA  OF  THE  BUSINI  AND  ANTELLA  OR  BERLIN- 
GHIERI  FAMILIES,  c.  1508.  Florence,  (near),  Vincigliata,  Cap- 
pella  del  Castello.    Photo.,  Alinari,  3334;  Brogi,  9142. 

On  the  pedestal  of  the  vase  containing  lilies  in  the  Annunciation  lunette 
are  two  shields,  ( i )  one  of  French  type,  containing  the  Busini  arms  :  Bar- 
ry indented  or  and  azure,  a  bend  gules  charged  with  three  roses  argent; 
(2)  a  Tuscan  shield  with  the  Antella  arms:  Argent,  a  chevron  gules;  or 
possibly  the  Berlinghieri  arms:  Argent,  a  chevron  azure.  There  was  a 
union  of  the  Busini  and  Antella  families;  and  in  1508  a  marriage  between 
Francesco  d'Antonio  di  Francesco  Busini  and  Cammilla  di  Francesco  di 
Niccolo  Berlinghieri. 

Document : 

"fran"  d'Ant"  di  fran"  Busini 

Cammilla  di  fran'"  di  Niccolo  Berlinghieri" 

[Arch,  di  Statu.     Ancisa,  G.  G.,  c.  327] 

Bibl. : 
C-M.,  119,  214  No.  54,  257,  No.  339;  C,  s.v.  Antella,  Busini;  P.,  51- 
54;  471-472;  R.,  D.  R.,  247;  Scott,  71  ;  W.,  132. 

215  STEMMA  OF  THE  CORTIGIANI  FAMILY,  c.  1508.  Florence 
(near),  Castello  di  \'incigliata. 


Fig.  159.     Ghettini  Arms. 


ROBBIA    IlKRALDRV 


^73 


Scott,  riiicigliata,  p.  40,  notes  a  steinnia  in  Robljia  ware  beneath  a  large 
stone  Madonna,  with  the  arms:  Or.  a  hon  rampant  sable  bearing  a  pastoral 
staff  of  the  same,  in  pretence  the  People  of  Florence.  This  stemma  is  no 
longer  at  Vincigliata. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Cortigiani ;  \\'..  1,^7. 


Fig.    160.      U.^CERT.MN. 


174  ROBBIA    HERALDRY 

216  STEMMA  NOT  DETERMINED,    c.  1508.    Florence  (near),  Cas- 
tello  di  Vincigliata. 

Scott,  Vincigliata,  p.  40,  notes  a  stemma  in  maiolica  with  the  device: 
two  deer.     It  is  no  longer  in  the  Castello  at  Vincigliata. 

217  STEMMA  UNCERTAIN,    c.  1509.    Rome,  Vatican,  Borgia  rooms. 
Photo.,  Brogi,  16411. 

In  the  console  of  the  relief  of  the  Vision  of  S.  Bernard  is  a  wreath  en- 
closing a  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  160)  bearing  the  arms:  Per  fess  gules 
(chief)  and  or  (base).  Mr.  Mather  writes:  "This  may  be  either  the 
Paoli  of  Siena  or  Simonetti  or  Benozzi  of  Florence.  Authority  for  for- 
mer, Blasouc  Scncse,  sec.  XVIII,  vol.  3,  p.  310;  for  the  latter  two  Cod. 
Araldico  Fiorcntino,  p.  85." 

By  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

Cr.  353 ;  Farabulini,  Atti  Acad.  Rom.  pont.  di  archeologia,  IX- 

218  STEMMA  OF  NICCOLO  DI  GIORGIO  UGOLINI.     1509.     Pis- 
toia,  Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  wreath  of  continuous,  triplex  bunches  of  fruit,  flowers,  and 
wheat,  set  against  a  violet   (imitation  of  porphyry)   disk,  is  displayed  a 


Fig.  161.     NiccoLO  Ugolini. 


ROBBIA  HERAl.DUV 


175 


beribboned   Tuscan   shield    1,1'ii;.    HHj,   Ijcaring    the    L'yolini   arms:     Per 
bend  in  chief  or  a  lion  passant  azure,  in  base  azure  a  lion  passant  or. 
Below,  a  cherub  displays  a  curved  scroll  inscribed: 
NICHOLO  +  DI 
GIORGIO +  DI  NIC 
HOLO  +  UGOLINI 

P(0DEST)A  +  MI)\I11  +  I'. +  M1)\MITI 
Nicolo  di  Giorj;io  di  Niccolo  Ut^nlini  liad  been  a  Prior  in  Florence  in 
14S2,  1490  and  1506. 
Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Ugolini ;  P.,  502-503  ;  W.,  182. 

219     STEMMA   OF  LIONARDO   DI   ZANOBI   GUIDOTTI.      1509. 
Arezzo,  Palazzo  Comunale,  Inside.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  broad  wreath  of  triplex  bunches  of   fruit  and  flowers,   sur- 


FlG.    162.      LeoN.\RDO   GUIIIOTTI. 


rounded  by  an  egg  and  dart  moulding  and  set  against  a  mottled  violet 
(imitation  of  poryphyry)  plate,  is  a  beribboned  Tu.scan  shield  (Fig.  162) 
bearing  the  Guidotti  arms:  Quartered  in  saltire;  chief  and  base  argent, 


176 


ROBBIA    HERALDRY 


each   with  half   moon   increscent   gulcs;  dexter   and   sinister   sides   barry 
undy  of  six  or  and  a::urc. 

Below  is  a  winged  cherub  upholding  a  scroll  inscribed : 
LIONARDO 
DI   ZANOBI 
GHVIDOTTI 

PO(DEST)  A  +  E  +  C(0)M(MISSARI)0  +  M  +  D  +  IX 
Lionardo  di  Zanobi  Guidotti  had  been  a  Prior  in  Florence  in  1478  and 
again  in  1498. 

Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Guidotti;  P.,  736-738. 

220     STEMMA  OF  GIOVANNI  DI  LAPO  NICCOLINI.     1509.     San 
Giovanni  in  Valdarno,  Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,  Alinari,  No.  9845. 

Within  a  wreath  of  continuous  bunches  of  fruit  and  flowers  of  parti- 
ally triplex  composition,  surrounded  by  an  egg  and  dart  moulding-  and  set 


Fig.  163.    Giovanni  Niccolini. 


ROr.lUA    TTF.RALDRY  1/7 

against  a  flat  plate  is  a  Tuscan  shield   (Fig.   163)  bearing  the  Niccolini 
arms :    Aciirc,  a  lion  rampant,  guardant,  argent,  debruised  of  a  bend  gules; 
in  chief,  a  label  of  four  points  gules  enclosing  two  fleurs-de-lys  or  and  in 
the  centre  a  papal  tiara  and  two  keys  crossed  in  saltire  or. 
Below,  on  a  curved  scroll  upheld  liy  two  hands  is : 
GIOVANNI  y  Dl 
LAPO  y  NICPIO 
LINI  J' VIC(ARI)0  y  MDMII 
EJ^MDVTTTI 
Giovanni  di  Lapo  di  Giovanni  Niccolini  was  a  Prior  in  Florence  in  1504 
and  1 5 14. 

By  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C.,  s.v.  Niccohni:  P.,  435-4,^7:  ^V..  58. 

221     STEMMA  OF  LIONARDO  DI  GREGORIO  ANTINORI.     1509. 
Pieve  San  Stefano,  Palazzo  Comunale.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  wreath  of  fruit  and  flowers  of  irregular  composition  is  an  egg 
and  dart  moulding  surrounding  a  flat  plate  on  which  is  a  beribboned  Tus- 


FlG.    164.      LlON.^RDO   ANTIXURI. 

can  shield  (Fig.  164)  bearing  the  Antinori  arms:     Or,  a  chief  lozengy  of 
four  tracks  a::ure  and  of  the  field. 

Below,  on  a  curved  scroll  unfolded  by  two  hands  is : 
LIONARDO  y  DI 
GHIRIGORO  y  AN 
TINORI  y  VICHARIO 
E  CHOM(MISSARI)0>M  DIX 
Gregorio,  or  Ghirigoro,  di  Alatteo  di  Francesco  Antinori  was  a  Prior  in 
Florence  in  1481. 

Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C.,  s.v.  Antinori;  P.,  516-517:  W.,  126. 


178  ROBBIA    HERALDRY 

222  STEMMA  OF  CRISTOFANO  D'AGNOLO  RISALITI.     1509. 
Cutigliano,  Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  an  irregularly  composed  wreath  of  fruit  and  flowers  and  an  egg 
and  dart  moulding  surrounding  a  flat  plate  is  a  kite  shaped  shield  bearing 
the  Risaliti  arms :    Acitrc,  two  lions  paws  erased  per  saltire  argent. 
Below,  a  cherub  upholds  a  tablet  inscribed : 
CRISTOFANO    DANGLIOLO 
DI   PRIORE   RISALITI 
CAP(ITAN)0  E  COM(MISSARI)0   1509 
Among  the  many  officials  represented  by  this  family  two  of  the  name 
Priore  held  the  office  of  Prior  in  Florence  in  1421,  1428,  and  1433. 
Atelier  of  Benedetto  Buglioni. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Risaliti;  P.,  324-325;  W.,  i  9. 

223  STEMMA  OF  A  BISHOP,    c.  1509.     Florence,  Bardini  Collection 
(1895). 

Within  a  fruit  frame  with  inner  egg  and  dart  moulding  on  a  blue  fluted 
disk,  is  a  shield  with  the  arms ;  Per  fess,  in  chief,  three  wings  argent,  a  base 
chequy  acurc  and  argent. 

A  Bishop's  mitre  is  set  above  the  shield. 

224  STEMMA  OF  TOMMASO  DI   PIERO  GIACOMINI-TEBAL- 
DUCCI.     1509.     San  Giovanni  in  Valdarno,  Palazzo  Pretorio. 

Within  a  wreath  of  fruit  and  flowers  is  a  Tuscan  shield,  bearing  the 
Giacomini  arms :   Gules,  a  bend  or,  in  chief  a  label  of  five  points  azure. 
Below  is  a  tablet  inscribed : 

TOMMASO 
DI  PIERO  •   GAC 
HOMINI   •   TEBA 
LDVCCI  •   V(ICARI)0  •    1509 
Tommaso  di  Piero  di  Tommaso  Giacomini,  whose  branch  of  the  family 
was  allied  to  that  of  the  Tebalducci,  was  a  Prior  of  Florence  in  1499  and 
again  in  1509,  the  same  year  that  he  became  \'icario  at  S.  Giovanni  in 
Valdarno. 

Robbia  School. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Giacomini:  P.,  760-761. 


ROBRIA    I11•.1^\1.1)RY 


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225     STEMMA  OF  GIOVANFRANCESCO  DI  GUERRIERI  GUER- 

RIERI.     1510.     Buggiano  Alto,  Municipio.     Photo.,  Private. 

Removed  from  the  Castello.     On  a  rectangular  tablet    (Fig.    165),  set 
against  a  blue  background  is  a  Tuscan  shield  bearing  the  Guerrieri  arms  •. 


GOVANFRA.NQES, 
CHO-DIGHVERRI 
;ER.I'GHVERRIER1 


Fig.  165.     Giov.wi-K.vNCESco  Guerrieri. 

Or,  a  grififin  segreant  giilcs  debruised  of  a  bend  argent  charged  with  three 
lilies  giilcs.     The  lower  part  of  this  frame  is  broadened  and  inscribed: 

GOVANFRANCES 

CHO  y  DIGHVERRI 

ERI  y  GHVERRIERI  > 

PO(DEST)A^i509TEy  1510^ 
Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C.,  s.v.  Guerrieri;  Cr.,  335. 

226     STEMMA  OF  BENEDETTO  DI  BATE  BATI.      15 10.     Sesto, 
Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,  Private. 


On  a  white  rectangular  frame  is  set  against  a  mottled  green  (zrrdc 
antico)  background  a  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  166)  bearing  the  Bati  arms: 
Gules,  a  bend  or  charged  with  three  wild  boars  passant  sable,  girt  argent. 


I  So  ROBBIA    HERALDRY 

On  the  broadened  frame  below  is  inscribed : 

BENEDECTO  DI 
BATE  DI  BENEDE 
CTO  BATI  PO 
DESTA-»-i5io4« 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

Carocci,  I,  312;  C-M.,  248  No.  268:  Cr.,  355. 


BENEDEtXODl 
'  BATEDIBENEDE 
.  CTO  BATI  PO  . 
.  DESTA'l>tO-:ii<r 

Fig.  166.     Benedetto  Bati. 

227  STEMMA  OF  THE  PITTI  FAMILY,     c.  1510.     Radda,  Palazzo 
Pretorio,  Cortile.     Photo.,  Private. 

On  a  plain  rectangular  tablet  is  set  a  Tuscan  shield  with  the  Pitti  arms : 
Barry  nebuly,  sable  and  argent.  No  inscription  or  date.  The  records  of 
Radda  might  disclose  what  member  of  the  Pitti  family  was  Podesta  at 
Radda  and  at  what  date.  It  is  probably  later  than  the  Martini  stemma  of 
1497  near  which  it  has  been  placed. 

228  STEMMA  OF  BERNARDO  DI  CARLO  GONDI.     15 10.     Scar- 
peria,  Palazzo  del  Vicariato.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  continuous  wreath  irregularly  composed  of  fruit  and  flowers, 
against  a  fluted  shell  is  set  a  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  167)  bearing  the  Gondi 
arms :    Azure,  two  maces  in  saltire  or,  the  heads  in  chief. 

Above,  a  winged  cherub  (Fig.  168)  holds  a  curved  scroll  inscribed: 

y BERNARDO 
DI  CHARLO 
GHONDI  r  VICHA 
RIO  y  MDX  ^ 
beneath  which  an  unglazed  rectangular  tablet  adds :    FT   MDXXI 


ROr.r.IA    HERALDRY 


i8i 


Below  tlic  iiK'ilallioii  is  a  rcclant^ular  talilct  unglazed,  witli  balusters  at 
either     end,     inscribed:       .\XTONFRAN(CESCO)      Dl      LORENZO 

GllONDI tlie  latter  part  olwcurcd  by  the  canopy  of  a  coat  of 

arms  below  it. 

Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Gondi;  W.,  145. 


Fig.  167.     iJi.K.N AKim  (lONDi. 


:-'!i^>- 


Fig.  168.    Gondi  T.\blet. 


229     ARMS  OF  THE  PAZZI  DELLO  STECCUTO.     c.   15 10.     Flor- 
ence. Bardini  Collection  (formerly). 


Within  a  crude  garland  of  continuous,  triplex  groups  of  fruit  and  flow- 
ers framed  on  its  inner  side  by  an  egg  and  dart  moulding  is  a  yellow  fluted 
shell  on  which  is  a  French  shield  (Fig.  169)  bearing  the  Pazzi  dello  Stec- 


FlG.    169.      r.\ZZl    DELLO    StECC.MO. 

cuto  arms:     Azure,  two  dolphins  hauriant,  embowed,  affronty,  holding  a 
cross,  argent;  in  chief  three  wreaths  of  sticks  (stecchi). 
Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

Bardini  Sale  of  1902,  Cat.  no.  503,  pi.  20. 


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230     STEMMA  OF  ALOISI  DI  BARONE  CAPPELLI.     1510.     Arez- 
zo,  Palazzo  Comunale,  Inside.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  wreath  of  continuous  triplex  bunches  of   fruit,  flowers  and 
wheat  (with  animalculij,  and  an  inner  egg  and  dart  moulding,  set  on  a 


Fig.  170.     Aloisi  Cappelli. 

blue  fluted  disk,  is  a  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  170)  bearing  the  arms  of  the 
Cappelli  family :   Or,  a  prelate's  hat  gules. 

Below  a  winged  cherub  unfolds  a  curved  scroll  inscribed : 
TEMPORE  r  ALO 
ISI  r  BARONIS  ^  lOAN 
NIS  y  DE  CHAPPELLIS 
P(ODEST )  A  y  LANNO  7  M  ^  D  >  X  J' 
Aloisi  di  Barone  di  Giovanni  Cappelli  was  a  Prior  in  Florence  in  1506 
and  became  a  Capitano  in  Volterra  in  1528. 
Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 


Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Cappelli;  P.,  415-416:  W.,  133. 

231     STEMMA  OF  THE  CAMBINI  FAMILY,     c.  15 10.     New  York, 
Collection  of  Mr.  J.  P.  Morgan. 


ROBBIA    HERALDRY  183 

Formerly  in  the  Frescobaldi  collection.     Later  in  the  Bardini  sale,  1902. 
Exhibited  at  the  Metropolitan  Museum.     Reinoved  before  sale. 

Within  a  wreath  of  continuous,  triplex  bunches  of  fruit  and  flowers  is 


C.\MmNi   Arms 


a  blue  tfuted  disk  against  which  is  a  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  171)  bearing  the 
Cambini  arms:    Argent,  a  lion  ram])ant  or,  bearing  a  branch  vert. 
Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Rolibia. 

Bibl. : 

Bardini  Sale  of  1902,  Cat.  No.  505,  Plate,  no  number;  C,  s.v.  Cam- 
bini; P.,  724-725. 

232  STEMAL\  OF  THE  GAETANI  AND  MINERBETTI  FAMI- 
LIES, c.  1510.  Florence,  Museo  Nazionale,  no.  43.  Photo.,  Brogi, 
9482. 

From  Montaione,  formerly  in  the  refectory  of  the  suppressed  monastery 
of  S.  \'ivaldo.     Probably  indicating  one  of  the  patrons  of  the  monastery. 

In  a  wreath,  composed  chieHy  of  triplex,  continuous  groups  of  fruit  and 
flowers  separated  into  cjuadrants  by  fluted  yellow  ribbons  crossing  each 
other,  with  an  inner  egg  and  dart  moulding  framing  a  blue  fluted  disk  is  a 
Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  172)  bearing  the  combined  Gaetani  and  Minerbetti 
arms.  To  the  left  are  the  Gaetani  arms :  Per  pale,  dexter,  quarterly  ar- 
gent and  gulcs,  sinister  paly  or  and  gules.  To  the  right  the  Minerbetti  arms  : 
Gules,  three  swords  in  pale  fanwise  argent,  in  chief  a  crosslet  of  the  same. 

It  may  be  recalled  that  Bartolommeo  Gaetani  presented  a  Robbia  altar- 
piece  to  the  church  at  Fabbrica  di  Peccioli  in  1 504,  and  that  Bartolommeo 
di  Ruggero  Minerbetti  was  Podesta  at  Montaione  in  1490. 

By  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Gaetani,  Minerbetti;  C-M.,  237  no.  200;  Cr.,  338;  P.,  72-74; 
Supino,  446  No.  43;  W.,  155. 


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ROBBIA    HERALDRY 


Fig.  172.     Gaeta-ni  a.\'d  Mixerhetti. 

233  STEMMA  OF  THE  GAETANI  AND  MINERBETTI.  c.  1510. 
New  York,  Duveen  Bros.,  in  1916. 

This  stemma  formerly  in  the  Frescobaldi  collection,  figured  in  the  Bar- 
dini  sale  of  1902,  was  purchased  by  Mr.  J.  P.  Morgan  and  exhibited  in 
London  and  in  the  Metropolitan  Museum  in  New  York,  until  sold  in  191 6 
to  the  Duveen  Bros.  It  is  slightly  smaller  than  the  stemma  in  the  Museo 
Nazionale,  No.  43,  the  corners  of  the  shield  are  not  straight  but  rolled  back 
into  a  scroll,  the  quarterings  of  the  Gaetani  arms  are  reversed  in  order 
(beginning  gules  instead  of  argent),  and  the  fruit  frame  is  less  character- 
istic of  Giovanni's  own  handiwork. 

Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

Bardini  Sale  of  1902,  Cat.,  No.  506,  and  plate,  no  number. 

234  STEMMA  OF  BISHOP  FRANCESCO  DI  TOMMASO  MINER- 
BETTI. c.  1 5 10.  London,  Victoria  and  Albert  Museum,  No.  62-'82. 
Photo.,  Private. 


On  a  mottled  violet  disk  a  Tuscan  shield  bears  the  Minerbetti  arms : 
Gules,  three  swords  in  pile,  fanwise,  argent;  between  hilts  of  i  and  2,  a 
Papal  mitre  and  keys.  The  gules  may  have  been  indicated  by  superficial 
paint — or  possibly  by  the  mottled  violet  disk.     The  individual  indicated  is 


ROBBIA    HERALDRY  185 

probai)ly  Francesco  di  Tomiiiaso  ]\linerhetti,  Bishop  of  Arezzo,  friend  of 
Leo  X,  and  later  a  Counsellor  of  State  under  Duke  Alessandro  am!  Cosinio 
I.     The  Papal  emblem  ma\-  have  been  granted  by  Leo  X. 
Robbia  School. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Minerbetti :  Cr..  345:  P.,  72-74;  W'.,  155. 

235     STEMMA  OF  THE  MACCHL-WELLI  FA.MILV.    c.  1510.    Tor- 
re (near  Montespertoli ) .     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  continuous  wreath  of  chiefly  triplex  bunches  of  fruit,  flowers, 
wheat,  and  animalculi,  and  an  inner  egg  and  dart  moulding,  set  against  an 
imitation  of  porphyry  disk,  is  a  beribboned  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  173)  bear- 


Fig.  173.     Macchi.welli  Arms. 

ing  the  Macchiavelli  arms:    Argent,  a  cross  a:;nrc  angled  of  four  nails  in 
saltire  of  the  same. 

Many  members  of  this  family  held  high  oftice  in  Florence. 

Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Macchiavelli ;  Cr.,  356;  Ginnani,  Tav.  HI  no.  51;  P.,  62-65; 
W.,  150. 

236     STEMMA  OF  VERANO  D'AXTONIO  PERUZZL     1510.    Lari, 
Castello,  Cortile.     Photo.,  Private. 

\\'ithin  a  heavy  wreath  of  fruit  and  flowers  and  an  inner  egg  and  dart 
moulding,  set  against  a  violet,  fluted  disk,  is  a  shield  of  Tuscan  form 
bearing  the  Peruzzi  arms :  Azure,  six  pears,  three,  two  and  one,  or. 


i86  ROBBIA  HERALDRY 

Below,  a  winged  cherub  upholds  a  scroll  inscribed : 

VERANO-    DAN 

TONIO-    DI    GIO 

VANNI  •     PERUZZI  • 

V(ICARI)0-    E  COM(MISSARI)0-     1510- 
Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Peruzzi;  P.,  86-88;  W.,  164. 

237     STEMMA  OF  THE  GHETTINI  FAMILY,    c.  15 10.    New  York, 
Collection  of  Mr.  J.  P.  Morgan. 

Purchased  at  the  Bardini  sale,  1902. 

Within  a  wreath  of  fruit,  flowers,  and  wheat  irregularly  composed  and 
an  inner  egg  and  dart  moulding,  is  a  white  fluted  disk  containing  a  Tuscan 


Fig.  174.     Ghkttini  Arms. 

shield   (Fig.   174)   bearing  the  Ghettini  arms:     Azure,  a  bend  ondy  be- 
tween three  mounts,  2  and  i,  each  of  three  tops  or;  in  chief,  a  label  of 
Anjou  of  four  points  gules,  three  lilies  or. 
Atelier  of  Benedetto  Buglioni. 

Bibl. : 

Bardini  Sale  of  1902,  Cat.,  No.  507,  Plate,  no  number. 

238  STEMMA  OF  GIOVANBATTISTA  DI  PAOLO  DEGLI  AL- 
BIZZI.  1510.  S.  Giovanni  in  Valdarno.  Palazzo  Pretorio.  Photo., 
Private. 

Within  a  continuous  wreath  of  triplex  bunches  of  fruit  and  flowers,  set 
on  a  concave  blue  disk  is  a  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  175)  bearing  the  Albizzi 
arms :    Sable,  two  concentric  bands  or. 


ROBIUA    lll'lRAi.DUV 


187 


^^O'DRl.GLAtVAA 

Fir..    175.      GlOVANBATTISTA     AlbIZZI. 

Below  is  a  curved  scroll,  upheld  by  two  hands,  inscribed : 
GOVANBATI 
STA  y  DI  PAGHO 
LOJDELGL   ALBI 

zi  y  viC(ARi)o  y  m  >  d  >  x 

Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C.,  s.v.  Albizzi.     W.,  124. 

239     STEMMA   OF   THE   ALBIZZI    FAMILY,      c.    15 10.      London, 
Victoria  and  Albert  Museum,  No.  4412,  '58.     Photo.,  Museum. 

At  either  end  of  the  predella  of  the  altarpiece  of  the  Adoration  of  the 
Magi  is  a  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  176)  bearing  the  Albizzi  arms:  Sable,  two 
concentric  rings  or;  in  chief  argent  a  cross  of  the  Teutonic  Order  sahle. 

Many  members  of  this  family  held  high  office  in  Florence.  In  15 10 
Giovanbattista  di  Paolo  degli  Albizzi  held  the  office  of  Vicario  at  S.  Gio- 
vanni in  Valdarno. 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 


Bibl. 


C-M.,  95,  113,  267  No.  381:  C.,  s.v.  Albizzi:  P..  42-47 
182-183:  -S'c.  F/..  III.  165:  S.,  140,  Abb.  152:  W..  124. 


R..  D.  7?.. 


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Fig.  176.    Albizzi  Arms. 


RODl^llA    IIKRALDRY  189 

240     STEMxMA  OF  NICCOLO  PANDOLFINI.    c.  15 10.     Florence,  S. 
Paolino.     Photo.,  Private. 

Above  the  entrance  of  the  Httle  chnrch  S.  Paolino  is  a  lunette,  apparently 
transferred  from  some  other  locality.  It  is  glazed  a  light  blue  and  on  it 
are  two  half  figures  of  angels  in  white  upholding  a  wreath  of  white  roses 
and  green  leaves.  Within  the  wreath  is  a  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  177)  bear- 
ing the  Pandolfini  arms:   Azure,  three  dolphins  naiant  in  pale  or:  in  chief. 


Fig.    177.     NiccoLo    Pandolfini. 

dexter,  a  label  of  Anjou,  sinister,  a  canton  argent  charged  with  a  vase  con- 
taining three  roses  proper.  Above  the  wreath  was  once  a  bishop's  mitre 
of  which  portions  of  the  infiilae  only  now  remain.  The  arms  of  Leo  X 
are  set  above  the  lunette.  Hence  the  Pandolfini  arms  here  represented  are 
probably  those  of  Niccolo  Pandolfini,  made  Bishop  of  Pistoia  in  1474  and 
a  Cardinal  by  Leo  X  in  15 17. 
Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Pandolfini;  Cr.,  341 ;  Marcotti,  220;  P.,  653-654;  Roscoe  II,  78. 

241     TABLET  FOR  MARCO  BARONCINI.     15 10.     Galluzzo,  Palazzo 
Pretorio.     Photo.,  Private. 

A  winged  cherub  head  supports  a  fabclla  aiisata  inscribed : 

MARCHO 

BARONCINI 

A  P(ODEST)A  A   MD-X- 
The  arms  have  disappeared. 
Atelier  of  Benedetto  Buglioni. 


I90  ROBBIA    HERALDRY 

242  STEMMA  OF  SEBASTIANO  DI  MICHELE  MONTI.      1510. 
Borgo  San  Lorenzo,  Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  wreath  of  fruit  arranged  in  regular  groups  of  two  is  set  a 
shield  of  semi-Tuscan  form  bearing  the  Monti  arms :     Argent,  a  label  of 
three  points  acurc;  a  chief  aciirc  with  label  of  Anjou  gules. 
Below  is  a  horizontal  scroll  inscribed : 
BASTIANO-    DI 
MICHELE-    MON 
TI-  P(ODEST)A-  MDX 
This  branch  of  the  Monti  family  was  known  as  the  Albergatori.     Be- 
tween 1442  and  1528  this  family  furnished  twenty  Priors  to  Florence. 
Robbia  School. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Monti  detti  Albergatori. 

243  STEMMA  OF  UBERTO  DI  FRANCESCO  DE  NOBILI.     151 1. 
Arezzo,  Palazzo  Comunale,  Inside.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  rectangular  frame  consisting  of  an  egg  and  dart  between  fillet 
mouldings  is  a  tournament  shield  (Fig.  178)  bearing  the  arma  modcrna 
of  the  de  Nobili  family:  Azure,  a  bend  of  France  (seme  of  lilies  or)  fim- 
briated argent.  The  shield  is  crowned  by  a  helmet  with  torse  and  mantling 
and  crested  with  a  demi-lion  rampant. 

Below,  a  charming  cherub  bears  a  curved  scroll  inscribed : 
VBERTO  -f  DI 
FRANCESCO  -f 
DVBERTO  ♦  DENO 

BILI>P(ODEST)A>E   COM(MISSARI)0  +  1510  E    151 1 
Uberto  di  Francesco  d'Uberto  de  Nobili  had  been  a  Prior  in  Florence  in 
1497  ^"d  1501. 

By  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  NobiH:  P.,  481-483;  W.,  159. 

244  STEMMA  OF  GIOVANNI  DI  BARTOLO  MORL     1511.    Sesto, 
Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,  Private. 

On  a  white  frame  against  a  light  green  background  is  set  a  beribboned 


^^tuifmtiiirn'f/Kffm*/ 


'4 


Fig.  778.     Uberto  di  Nobili. 

kite  shaped  shield  (Fig.  179)  hearing  the  yion  arms:     Chequy  sable  an'^ 
argent. 

On  the  broad  base  below  is  inscriljcd : 

GIOVANNI  A  DIB 
ARTHOLO  A  MO 
RI  A  P(ODEST)A  A  MADXI 
Atelier  of  Benedetto  Buglioni. 


Bibl. : 


Carocci  I.  312;  C-'Sl.,  248  Xo.  268;  C,  s.v.  Mori-Ubaldini :  Cr.,  355. 


192 


ROBBIA    HERALDRY 


Fig.   179.     Giovanni   Mori, 

245     EMBLEM  OF  THE  OPERA,     c.  1511.     Piazzanese  (Prato),  S. 
Giusto.    Photo.,  Private. 

On  the  two  principal  angles  of  the  font  are  kite  shaped  shields  bent  to 
turn  the  corner,  bearing  the  inscription  OP(ER)A,  indicating  that  the 
font  was  erected  at  the  expense  of  the  church. 

Robbia  School. 

Bibl. : 

Cr.,  352;  Repetti,  s.v.  Piazzanese. 


246     STEMMA   OF   THE    RUCELLAI    FAMILY.      15 11. 
Guidi,  S.  Leonardo,  Font.     Photo.,  Alinari,  10106-11113. 


Cerreto- 


The  font  at  Cerreto-Guidi  bears  on  one  of  its  pilasters  the  inscription : 
A(NNO)-  N(OSTRI)-  S(ALVATORIS)  •  M-D-XI  Above  each 
pilaster  is  a  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  180)  bearing  the  Rucellai  arms:  Per 
bend,  in  a  chief  gulcs  a  lion  passant  argent,  in  base,  barry  indented  azure 
and  or. 

Many  members  of  this  family  held  high  office  in  Florence.  It  may  be 
recalled  that  in  1508  Antonio  di  Giovanni  d'Antonio  Rucellai  was  Podesta 
at  Pistoia  and  set  up  there  a  Robbia  stemma.  It  is  not  unlikely  that  he 
commissioned  Giovanni  della  Robbia  to  make  this  font. 

Bv  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 


Bibl. 


Bacci,  ///.   Fior..   1908.   146:   Carocci.   //   J'aldarno,   104-105;    C-M., 


ROI'.lllA    1  HERALDRY 


193 


148-161,  230  No.    159;  C,   s.v.    Rucellai :   P.,   256-260:   R..   D.    R., 
251-252;  Sc.  Fl.,  IV,  58,  61;  S.,  135.  Abl).  144:  W.,  170-171. 


Fig.  180.     Rucellai  Arms. 


247     STEMMA  OF  GALEOTTO  DI  RUBERTO  LIONI.   151 1.   Borgo 
San  Sepolcro,  Palazzo  Tribunale.     Photo.,  Private. 


Within  a  continuous  wreath  of  chiefly  triplex  bunches  of  fruit  and  flow- 
ers, against  a  flat  plate  is  set  a  beribboned  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  181)  bear- 
ing the  Lioni  arms:  Or,  a  bend  gules  between  two  lions  passant  of  the 
same. 

Below,  on  a  horizontal  scroll  is  inscribed : 
GHALEOTTO 
DI  RVBERTO 

LIONI  ^  CA(PITAN)0  >  E  -f  COM(MISSARI)0  4 
iSio-^-E  1511  A 

Galeotto  di  Ruberto  di  Francesco  di  Biagio  Lioni  became  a  Prior  of 
Florence  in   15 13  and  Gonfaluniere  in   1528.     His   father   Ruberto  was 


194 


ROBBIA    HERALDRY 


Vicario  and  Commissario  at  S.  Giovanni  in  Valdarno  in  1463,  and  set  up 
tliere  a  Robbia  stemnia. 
Robbia  School. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Lioni :    P.,  414.     (The  arms  are  here  given  as  Azure,  a  bend 
giilcs  between  two  Hons  passant  or.) 


-Jt 

1  ijiirAji.W 
I ?  l(>HI>  1 1 


Fig.  181.    G.\LEOTTO  Lioni. 


248     STEMMA  OF  GIERI  DI  GHERARDO  RISALITI.    1511.    Borgo 
San  Sepolcro.     Palazzo  Tribunale.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  wreath  of  irregularly  triplex  bunches  of  fruit  and  tiowers  sep- 
arated by  transverse  bands  and  surrounded  by  an  egg  and  dart  moulding 


WM 


d 


Fig.  182.     GiERi  Risalitii 

is  a  flat  plate  covered  almost  entirely  by  a  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  182)  bear- 
ing the  Risaliti  arms:    Azure,  two  lion's  paws  erased  in  saltire  argent. 
Below,  on  a  horizontal  scroll  held  by  two  hands  is  inscribed : 
GIERI   •    DI     GHERAR 
DO   •    RISALITI   •    CH(APITAN)0   • 
E    COM(MISSARnO   ■    M  •  D  •  XI 
Gieri  di  Gherardo  di  Gieri  di  Uberto  di  Gherardo  Risaliti  was  a  Prior 
of  Florence  in  i486  and  1504. 
Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

€.,  s.v.  Risaliti ;  P.,  324-325  ;  W.,  169. 


ROIU'.IA     llI'.RALDm'  195 

249  STEMMA  OF  LIOXARDO  DI  FRANCESCO  xMIXI.  151 1. 
Borgo  San  T^ortnizn,  Mimicipio.     Photo..  Pri\ale. 

W'reatli,  shiekl  ami  arms  missing. 

On  a  curved  scroll  upheld  hy  a  cheruh — four  llowers  at  base  of  scroll — 
is  inscribed : 

LlOXARDU^Dl  [-li 

ANCESCHO  y  MINI 

P(ODEST).\  y  M  y  CCCCC  ^  XI  + 
The  arms,  had  they  been  preserved,  would  have  been :  Per  pale,  dexter, 
bendy  sinister  or  and  a:::iirc:  sinister,  aciirc  a  lion  rampant  or. 
Various  members  of  this  family  had  been  Priors  of  Florence. 
Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 
P..  819. 

250  STExMMA  OF  SIMONETTO  DI  CORSO  DALE"  ARENA.  1512. 
London,  Victoria  and  Albert  Museum,  No.  7397-60.    Photo..  Private. 

Within  a  rectangle  framed  with  egg  and  dart  moulding,  is  set  a  Tuscan 
shield  bearing  the  arms  of  the  Corso  family:  Barry  nebuly  gules  and  or. 
At  each  side  of  the  frame  is  painted  a  bramble  or  thorn.  Beneath  the 
shield  is  inscribed : 

SIMONETTO-   DI    CHORSO- 
DALE  ARENA-   P(ODEST)A-   M-D-XII 
Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C-M.,  270  Xo.  404;  Cr.,  346;  Robinson,  72.  Xo.  7397:  Strange.  125. 

251  STEM^ilA  OF  THE  BUONDELMONTI  AND  THE  SALVIATI 
FA^MILIES.  c.  1 5 12.  S.  Giovanni  in  Valdarno,  Oratorio  della  Ma- 
donna.    Photo.,  Alinari,  9841. 

Over  the  door  of  the  church  is  a  relief  of  the  Madonna  della  Cintola  and 
three  kneeling  Saints :  SS.  Giovanni  Battista,  Tommaso,  and  Lorenzo. 
At  the  dexter  end  of  the  predella  is  a  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  183)  bearing  the 
Buondelmonti  arms:  Per  fe.ss,  a.curc  (chief)  and  argent  (base),  a  mount 
of  six  tops  azure  surmounted  b\-  a  cross  gules.  At  the  sinister  end  is  a 
similar  shield  charged  with  the  Salviati  arms:  Argent,  three  bends  bre- 
tisse  gules. 


196  ROBBIA    HERALDRY 

( 1 )  Should  we  suppose  that  these  arms  indicate  a  marriage  between  a 
Buondehnonti  and  a  Salviati,  we  find  that  a  Camilla  di  Battista  di  Rosso 
Buondelmonti  married  Gianozzo  di  Bernardo  Salviati  in  1490.  We  should 
however,  expect  the  man's  arms  to  be  placed  at  the  dexter  end  and  the  wo- 
man's at  the  sinister  end.     This  is  not  the  case  here. 

(2)  It  may  be  safer  to  suppose  that  two  donors  are  indicated,  a  Buon- 


FiG.   183.    Buondelmonti  and  Salviati  Arms. 

delmonti  and  a  Salviati.  The  church  was  founded  in  1484  during  the  rule 
of  Lorenzo  the  Magnificent,  whose  patronymic  saint  is  one  of  the  principal 
figures  in  this  relief.  In  1483  Bartolommeo  di  Rosso  Buondelmonti  mar- 
ried Alessandra  di  Guglielmo  de'Pazzi  whose  mother  Bianca  was  a  sister 
of  Lorenzo  de'Medici.  Bartolommeo  Buondelmonti  was,  moreover,  a 
patron  of  the  Robbias.  He  commissioned  Andrea  della  Robbia  in  1489  to 
make  the  lunette  of  the  Madonna  between  two  angels  now  in  the  Opera 
del  Duomo,  Florence;  and  probably  again  with  a  Salviati,  the  altarpiece  of 
Adam  and  Eve,  now  in  the  Walters  Gallery,  Baltimore,  which  was  trans- 
formed into  a  memorial  of  the  triumphant  entry  of  Pope  Leo  X  into 
Florence. 


ROBBIA    HERAl-DRY  197 

The  member  of  the  Salviati  family  liere  iiuHcateil  was  probably  Jacopo 
Salviati,  whose  wife  was  Lueretia  de'Aledici,  and  whose  son  Giovanni, 
namesake  of  Leo  X,  was  made  a  Cardinal  soon  after  Leo  had  become  Pope. 

(3)  A  third  hyjjothesis  may  be  suggested.  We  have  seen  that  Antonio 
di  Lorenzo  Buondelmonti  was  \'icario  at  S.  Giovanni  in  Valdarno  in  1474 
and  1475,  and  that  the  stemma  of  Bernardo  di  Marco  Salviati  was  set  uj) 
in  that  town  in  1484,  the  very  year  in  which  this  Oratorio  w'as  founded. 
Antonio  Buondelmonti  died  in  1505.  Possibly  this  relief  was  a  joint  me- 
morial to  him  and  to  Bernardo  Salviati. 

By  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C-M.,  250  No.  283;  C.,  s.v.   Buondelmonti,   Salviati;  Litta,   II,  s.v. 
Buondelmonti,  Tav.  11;  P.,  827-828;  W.,  131-132,  172-173. 

252  STEMMA  OF  THE  PULCI  FAMILY,  c.  15 12.  Volterra,  Semi- 
nario  a  S.  Andrea  in  Postierla.  Photos.,  Brogi,  13645,  also  by  Fot. 
I.  I.  d'Arte  Grafiche. 

Beneath  the  fragments  of  the  Madomla  della  Cintola  altarpiece  is  a  me- 
dallion within  which  is  set  a  beribboned  lily-capped  Tuscan  shield  bearing 
the  Pulci  arms:  Argent,  three  pallets  gules.  In  Volterra  these  pass  for 
the  arms  of  the  Mannucci  family,  since  Guelfuccino  Mannucci  was  in  1417 
a  great  benefactor  of  the  monastery  of  S.  Andrea.  However,  these  are 
not  the  Mannucci,  but  the  Pulci  arms,  and  it  may  be  recalled  that  in  the 
Pulci  chapel  at  S.  Croce  there  is  an  altarpiece  made  by  the  same  sculptor. 

By  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C.,  s.v.  Alannucci,  Pulci;  P.,  9:  Repetti,  V,  819;  Ricci,  Volterra.  143, 
145;  W.,  152,  166. 

253  STEMMA  OF  THE  TORI  FAMILY(?)  c.  1512.  Ashridge 
Park,  Apsley  House,  Collection  of  Lord  Brownlow.  Reproduced  in 
the  Connoisseur. 

At  the  apex  of  the  frame  of  the  lunette  of  the  Madonna  in  Glory  is  an 
oval  shield  bearing  arms  quartered  (i)  and  (4)  vairy,  gules  and  argent, 
(2)  and  (3)  argent  a  rod  bendwise  or  beribboned  asure.  Mr.  Mather 
writes:  "(i)  and  (4)  may  be  Tori  di  Siena  (Blasone  Senese,  III,  52); 
(2)  and  (3)  do  not  appear  in  Sienese  heraldry,  nor  have  I  foimd  them 
elsewhere." 

By  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

Gregory,  Connoisseur,  XIII  (1906),  4,  7. 


198 


ROBBIA    HERALDRY 


254     STEMMA  OF  FILIPPO  D'OTTO  SAPITI.     1512.     Sesto,  Palaz- 
zo Pretorio.     Photo..  Private. 

Within  a  white  fluted  disk  surrounded  by  a  white  egg  and  dart  mould- 
ing is  a  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  184)  bearing  the  Sapiti  arms:  Asure.  three 
bendlets  piiIcs  fimliriated  or. 


^ 


Fig.  184.     FiLii'i'M  Sai'iti. 

Below  is  a  slightly  curved  scroll  held  open  by  two  hands  exhibiting  the 
inscription : 

y  FILIPPO  r  DOTTO 
SAPITI  ?  PODESTA 

J  M  y  ccccc  y  XII  +  '^^ 

A  Filippo  di  Otto  Sapiti  was  a  Prior  in  Florence  in  1412,  just  a  hundred 
years  before  his  namesake  Avas  Podesta  at  Sesto. 
By  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

Carocci,  I,  312:  C-M.,  248  No.  268;  C,  s.v.  Sapiti,  (gules  three  bend- 
lets  azure  fiml)riate  or)  :  P.,  513-514. 

255     STEMMA  OF  BERNARDO  DI  SERAFINO  DEL  BIADA.    1512. 
Radda,  Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,  Private. 


Within  a  rectangular  frame  ornamented  with  egg  and  dart  mouldings, 
surrounded  by  floral  scrolls  is  a  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  185)  bearing  the  del 
Biada  arms :    Or,  a  Z  sahle,  in  chief  a  label  of  Anjou  and  a  Teutonic  cross. 


ROBBIA    lll",K.\l.nRY 


199 


Below,  on  a  rectangular  tablet  is  inscribed: 

yBER(N)ARDO  DI    Sl'R 

AFINODI  LOREX 

ZO   DEL  BIADA  y 

PODEST A  X  M  y  D  '  X!  ?  1'.    XII  ? 
Bernardo  di  Serafino  di  Lorenzo  del  Hiada  was  a  Prior  of  Florence  in 

1494. 

Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 


Bibl. : 

P..  563-564- 


Fig.     185.       i;i,K...vl:i    .    _.  :      1.'  \UA, 

256     STEMMA  OF  THE  DELLA  RENA  FAMILY,     c.   1512.     Lon- 
don, Victoria  and  Albert  Museum,  No.  45i7-'58.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  rectangular  egg  and  dart  frame  capped  by  a  leaf  and  dart 
cornice,  set  against  a  motUed  violet  (imitation  of  porphyry)  background, 
is  a  Tuscan  shield  bearing  the  della  Rena  arms :  Azure,  a  barrulet  counter- 
embattled  or,  between  three  stars,  two  and  one  of  the  same. 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 


Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Rena;  C-j\I.,  270  No.  404:  Cr.,  846;  Robinson,  72  No.  4517: 

W.,  167. 

257     STEMMA  OF  GIOVANNI  DI  JACOPO  GUCCIO.     1512.     Vol- 
terra,  Palazzo  Pretorio.     Plioto.,  Private. 

Within  a  continuous  wreath  of  fruit  and  flowers  in  triplex  bunches  and 
and  dart  moulding,  set  against  a  bhie  thited  disk  is  a  Tuscan 


200 


ROBBIA    HERALDRY 


shield  (Fig.  i86)  bearing  the  Gucci  di  Dino  arms:  Or,  a  bend  gtiles,  ac- 
companied by  two  roses  of  the  same;  in  chief  giilcs  the  motto  LIBERTA 
or. 


Fig.  i86.    Giov.^nni  Guccio. 


Below,  a  winged  cherub  unfolds  a  scroll  inscribed : 

GOVAN(N)I    DI    lAC 

HOPO    DI    DINO    DI 

MESSER  GHVCCO 

CA(PITAN)0  E  COM(MISSARI)0:'MDXII 
Giovanni  di  Jacopo  di  Dino  di  Alesser  Guccio  was  a  Prior  in  Florence 
in  the  years  1491,  1501  and  1509,  and  Podesta  at  Sesto  in  1497. 
Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Gucci  di  Dino;  P.,  536. 


258     STEMMA  OF  MATTEO  DI  GIOVANNI  BONSI.    1512.    S.Gio- 
vanni in  Valdarno,  Palazzo  Pretorio.    Photo.,  Private. 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


201 


On  a  square  tal)let  framed  with  a  heavy  et^y"  and  dart  moulding,  set 
against  a  red  cement  background  is  a  Tuscan  shield  (  h'ig.  187)  bearing 
the  Bonsi  della  Ruota  arms:     .Lziirr,  a  mill  wheel  or. 


MACTEO-DK^rO 
'/ANNl^BaNSTP 


FiG.  187.    Matted  Bonsi. 

Below  is  a  rectangular  tablet  inscribed : 
MACTEO  +  DI  GIO 
VANNI  >  BONSI  -f  P(ODEST)A  ■♦■ 
P(ER)  VN  AN(X)0  >  1511  E  1512 
Matteo's  father  and  ancestors  held  high  office  in  Florence, 
ofifice  at  S.  Giovanni  in  Valdarno,  that  of  Podesta,  was  unusual. 
Vicario  and  Commissario  occurs  more  frequently. 
Robbia  School. 


Matteo's 
The  title 


Bibl. : 


C,  s.v.  Bonsi  della  Ruota;  P.,  392-394,  552-553. 


259     STEMMA  OF  PANDOLFO  DI  PIERO  RICASOLI.     151: 
ghiari,  Palazzo  Comunale.     Photo.,  Private. 


An- 


Within  a  wreath  of  triplex  bunches  of  fruit  and  llowers  separated  by 
fluttering  ribbons  on  a  white  background,  bordered  by  fillet  mouldings,  set 
against  a  flat  violet  disk,  is  a  kite  shaped  shield  (Fig.  188)  bearing  the 
Ricasoli  arms :  Or,  three  pallets  slides  surmounted  by  as  many  bars  azure, 
in  chief  a  plate  with  a  Croce  del  Popolo. 


202 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


^S^ 


Fig.  i88.    Pandolfo  Rkasoli. 

Below  is  a  cherub  head  supporting  a  fabclla  ansafa  inscribed : 

PANDOLPHO 

DI     PIER    GIOVANNI 

DE  RICASOLI 

V(ICARI)0-    ET-    C(0M:\IISSARI)0    m-d-xii 
The  Ricasoli  family  held  many  high  offices  in  Florence  and  elsewhere. 
Robbia  School. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Ricasoli;  W.,  167. 


260     EMBLEM  OF  S.  ANTONIO, 
lection,  Sale  of  April,  1918. 


c.  IS  12.     New  York,  Bardini  Col- 


Within  a  wreath  of  triplex  bunches  of  fruit  and  flowers,  separated  by 
crossed  and  fluttering  rilabons  against  a  white  ground,  is  a  bead  and  reel 
moulding  about  a  green  plate  on  which  is  set  a  beribboned  blue  Tuscan 
shield  (Fig.  189)  bearing  the  emblem  of  S.  Antonio  Eremita,  a  monk's 
hand  holding  a  crutch.  The  handle  of  the  crutch  terminates  in  lambs' 
heads. 

Robbia  School. 


KOUIilA  lll.RALlJRV 


203 


Fig.  189.     Emblem   oi'    S.  Antonio. 


Bibl. : 

Bardini  Sale  of  191 8,  Cat.,  No.  365. 

261  EMBLEM  OF  S.  ANTONIO,  c.  15 12.  Paris,  Maurice  Kami 
Collection  (in  1910),  No.  201. 

Within  a  wreath  of  continuous  fruit  and  flowers,  with  inner  pearl  mould- 
ing, on  a  flat  disk  is  set  a  beribboned  Tuscan  shield  containing  the  emblem 
of  S.  Antonio,  a  monk's  arm  holding  a  crutch.  Above  the  shield  is  a  be- 
ribboned bishop's  mitre. 

Robbia  School.  ^ 


Bii:>l. : 

M.  Kami  Cat,  No.  201. 

262  STEMMA  OF  POPE  LEO  X  AND  OF  CARDINAL  BER- 
NARDO DOVIZI  DA  BIBBIENA.  c.  1513.  Bibbiena,  S.  Lorenzo. 
Photo.,  Alinari,  9772-9773. 

In  S.  Lorenzo  at  Bilibiena  are  two  Robl)ia  altarpieces,  a  Nativity  and 
Deposition.  On  their  predellas  at  the  dexter  end  are  Tuscan  shields  (Fig. 
190)  bearing  the  stemina  of  Leo  X:  Or,  five  torteaux  in  orle.  accom- 
panied in  chief  by  a  hurt  charged  with  three  lilies  or,  two  and  one.  Above 
the  shield  is  tlie  Papal  tiara  and  two  keys  in  saltire,  or  and  argent. 

At  the  sinister  end  on  the  same  t\]ic  of  shield,  capjH'd  bv  a  Cardinal's 


Fig.  190.    Leo  X  and  Dovizi  Arms. 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


20= 


hat,  are  quarterings,  (ij  ami  (4)  Medici  arms,  (2)  and  (3)  Dovizi  arms: 
Asure(?),  two  cornucopias  in  saltire  giilcs(  ?). 

As  Bernardo  Dovizi  da  Bibbiena  was  made  a  Cardinal  by  Leo  X  in  1513 
and  died  in  1520,  the  date  of  these  altarpieces  falls  probably  within  these 
limits. 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Rohhia. 

Bibl. : 

R.,  D.  R..  243;  Sc.  Fi.  IV,  56.  58;  Roscoe,  Leo  X,  Index,  s.v.  Bib- 
biena ;  Yaughan,  Med.  Popes.  Index  s.v.  Dovizi. 

263  MEDALLION  CELEBRATING  THE  EMANCIPATION  OF 
VOLTERRA.  15 13.  Prato,  Palazzo  Comiinale.  Gallcria.  Photo., 
Private. 

Surrounded  by  a  wreath  of  fruit  in  single  file,  a  large  plate  displays  five 
tondi  (Fig.  191),  one  in  the  centre  and  four  in  orle.     (i)  The  central  one 


Fig.  191.    Em.\ncipation  of  Volterra. 


displays  the  Croce  del  Popolo,  argent  a  cross  gules.  (2)  The  tondo  at  the 
dexter  chief  is  Acure,  charged  with  the  motto  LIBERTAS  or.  (3)  That 
at  the  sinister  chief  is  Argent,  an  eagle  crowned  with  a  cross  gules  over- 
coming a  dragon  z'ert.    These  are  the  arms  of  the  city  of  Volterra,  a  modi- 


2o6  ROBBIA  HERALDRY 

fication  of  the  Etruscan  griffin  overcoming  a  snake  (Ricci,  Volterra,  20). 
(4)  The  tondo  at  the  dexter  base  is:  Per  pale,  argent  and  gules,  the  arms 
of  the  Commune  of  Voherra.  (5)  The  tondo  at  the  sinister  base  displays 
a  Florentine  lily  gnlcs  on  a  field  argent. 

From  1472  until  15 13  the  belligerent  Volterrese  were  ruled  by  Floren- 
tine captains  and  commissaries.  In  1513  the  Republic  of  Volterra  acquired 
more  freedom.  When  we  remember  that  in  15 12  they  offered  assistance 
to  the  Florentines  in  their  attack  on  Prato,  it  is  interesting  to  find  this 
proclamation  of  their  Liberty  preserved  in  the  communal  palace  of  a  for- 
mer enemy. 

Robbia  School. 

Bibl. : 

Amati,  Diz.  Cor.,  s.v.  Volterra;  Passerini,  308;  Repetti,  V,  s.v.  Vol- 
terra. 

264  STEMMA   OF   GIOVANNI    DAVANZATI    AND    HIS    WIFE 
CATERINA  PAZZI.     1513.     Pescina,  S.  Stefano. 

On  the  predella  of  an  altarpiece  of  the  Nativity  with  SS.  Stefano  and 
Lorenzo,  formerly  in  S.  Stefano  in  Piscina,  are  the  arms  (i)  dexter,  of 
the  Davanzati ;  Azure,  a  lion  rampant  or;  and  (2)  sinister,  of  the  Pazzi 
family :  Azure,  two  dolphins  addorsed  or  accompanied  by  four  or  more 
crosslets  fitchy  of  the  same.  These  arms  are  those  of  Giovanni  di  Niccolo 
Davanzati  and  of  Caterina  di  Ghinozzo  Pazzi,  who  were  married  in  1512, 
and  may  have  been  a  votive  offering  after  the  birth  of  a  child. 

By  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C-M.,  253  No.  306;  C.,  s.v.  Davanzati,  Pazzi;  Litta,  s.v.  Pazzi,  Tav. 
4;  P.,  267-269. 

265  STEMMA   OF   FRANCESCO   DI   BERNARDO   MAZZINGHI. 
1513.     Galluzzo,  Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  rectangular  frame  of  plain  mouldings  on  a  flat  plate  is  a  Tus- 
can shield   (Fig.   192)   bearing  the  Mazzinghi  arms:    Azure,  three  maces 
in  pale,  heads  downward,  argent,  the  handles  terminating  in  ringlets  gules. 
Below,  on  a  separate  rectangular  tablet,  is  inscribed : 
:'  FRANCESCO  >  DI  J^ 
BERNARDO  >  MAZ 
INGI  y  P(ODEST)  A  >  MCCCCCX3 


ROBBIA  HER. \1. Din' 


207 


Francesco  di  Bernanld  di  I  JonKiiicn  di  Jacopo  Mazzinghi  was  a  Prior 
of  Florence  in  1505. 

Atelier  of  Giovanni  delta  R(il)l)ia. 

Bibl. : 

Carocci,  GaI!itc.:;o.  y):  C,  s.v.  Mazzinghi:  P.,  612-613:  W'.,  153. 


!  J  ! 


«/p;iin« 


iTK.VNCESCODI 
BER.NARDOMA2 

iNGiPivvccrcos 


Fig.   192.    Francesco  Mazzinghi. 

266  STEMMA  OF  NICCOLO  DI  LORENZO  MARTELLINI.  1513. 
Galluzzo,  Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,  Private. 

On  a  nearly  square  frame,  surrounded  by  an  egg  and  dart  moulding,  is 
set  a  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  193)  bearing  the  Martellini  arms:  Gules,  a 
falcon  argent,  in  the  act  of  detaching  a  bell  from  his  leg,  on  a  mount  of  six 
tops  or,  debruised  of  a  bend  azure. 

Below,  on  a  rectangular  tablet  is  inscribed : 
NICHOLAVS  M 
AGISTRI     LAVRE(N)T 
II     MARTELLINIS 
POTESTAS-    MDXIII 
Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Rnbbia. 

Bibl. : 

Carocci,  Galluzzo,  39:  C,  s.v.  ^Martellini  del  Falcone. 

267  STEMMA  AND  EMBLEMS  OF  POPE  LEO  X,  AND  OF  CAR- 
DINAL LORENZO  PUCCI.  1513.  Rome,  Castel  S.  Angelo.  Cap- 
pella  Clemente  \TI. 


A.   In  the  centre  of  the  ceiling  is  a  medallion  framed  with  a  "tronco"  of 
oak,  like  the  frames  of  the  Medici  medallions  in  the  Museo  Industriale. 


2o8  ROBBIA  HERALDRY 

It  contains  a  Tuscan  shield  displaying  the  Medici  arms :    Or,  five  torteaux 
in  orle,   in  chief  a  hurt  charged   with   three  lilies   or.     This   medallion, 
like  the  pavement  tiles,  dates  from  the  renovation  of  the  castle  by  Leo  X. 
B.   In  the  pavement  are  tiles  showing  ( i )   in  a  kite  shaped  shield  six 


IICHOLVSM 
.  .CISTlllLM'£r 
lIMAIlTHLUNISj 


Fig.  193.    NiccoLO  MartelliiNI. 

Medici  palle  surmounted  by  a  tiara  and  cross  keys;  (2)  the  lions  of  Leo  X; 
(3)  the  Medici  yoke;  and  (4)  the  Medici  diamond;  and  (5)  the  Moor's 
head,  emblem  of  the  Pucci  family,  a  memorial  of  Lorenzo  Pucci,  first 
Cardinal  created  by  Leo  X  in  15 13.  Papini  attributes  these  pavement  titles 
to  Luca  di  Andrea  della  Robbia,  but  they  are  more  probably  of  Spanish 
origin. 

By  Luca  di  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

Papini,  Faenza,  II  (1914),  65-71. 

268     TABLET  OF  GIOVANNI  AND  MICHELE  SALVETTI.     1513. 
London,  Victoria  and  Albert  Museum,  No.  7397a-'6o. 

On  a  rectangular  tablet,  0.32m.    X  0.15m.,  is  inscribed: 
GIOVANNI  •  SALVETTI  •  P(ODESt')A  -E  •  C(OMMISSARI)0  • 
MCCCCLIIII    E    MICHELE   ■    SVO    •    FIGLIOLO    •    P(0- 
DEST)A  MDXIII 

Giovanni  di  Francesco  di  Salvetto  Salvetti  was  a  Prior  in  Florence  in 
1455  and  1459.    His  son  Michele  was  a  Florentine  Prior  in  1499. 

The  tablet  doubtless  was  once  placed  on  a  Palazzo  Publico  in  the  town 
where  Giovanni  and  his  son  served  as  Podesta,  and  above  it  the  family 
stemma :  Argent,  two  lions  affronty  gules.  CroUalanza  gives  the  Salvetti 
arms:     Or,  a  bull  rampant  gules. 

Robbia  School. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Salvetti;  P.,  832-833. 


ROBBIA     in-:R.\IJ)KV 

269     STEMMA  OF  FEDERIGO  DI  GIOVANNI  RICCI. 

Giovanni  in  \'rililarn(),  Palazzn  Pretcirici.     Photo..  Private. 


I  =;i 


209 

S. 


Within  a  wreath  of  fruit,  llowcrs,  and  wheat,  arranged  for  the  most 
part  in  continuous,  triplex  I)unchcs  surrounding  an  egg  and  dart  mould- 
ing, is  a  white  fluted  disk  on  which  is  set  a  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  194) 
bearing  the  Ricci  arms:    .Izurc.  six  hedgehogs,  three,  two  and  one  or,  and 


Fig.  194.     Ricci  Arm? 


six  eight  pointed  stars  of  the  same,  two,  one,  two,  one.  The  number  of 
hedgehogs  and  stars  is  not  constant.  The  tablet  is  missing  but  the  Archives 
of  Florence  supply  the  information  tliat  Federigo  di  Giovanni  Federighi 
de'  Ricci  held  the  ofifice  of  Vicario  in  S.  Giovanni  in  \'aldarno  in  1513. 

Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robhia. 

Document : 
Vicarius  vallis  arni  S(uperioris)  (S  Giov.  Vald.)  Cu 


cum  Salario 
lib.    Duarii  Miliu 
Solvedo  a  dicto 
vichariatu  pro 
quod  libet  Semestri 
1  2000. 


Uno  Milite  not° 
uno  alio  Notario  Ite 
uno  alio  Notario  proius 
dicedo  amoteghozi 
anorum  XXX  a  matri  col(ati ) 
florentie  salte(m)    pro 
com(unitate) 
Quatuor  domicellis.  X\'' 
famulis  et  cjuincjue  ecjuis 
ffederigus  Joh('ann)is  federighi  de  riccis — p(er)6  mensil)us — 30  decembris 

1513 
[Archiv.  di  Stato.     Registrum  Extrinsecorum  1 505-1 529,  Segnato  Tratte 
Cod.  71  c.  20.] 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Ricci  di  Firenze:  \\'.,  tAS. 


Fig.  195.    Tronconi  Arms. 


ROBl'.IA   111:RAL1)RV  211 

270  STEMAIA  01<'  THE  TRONCONl  1  A.MIL^,  1514.  Fieve  S. 
Stefano.     S.  Francesco.     Photo.,  Private. 

At  cither  end  of  the  i)redella  of  tiie  aharpiece  representing  the  Assump- 
tion and  Saints  is  a  medalhon  (Fig.  195)  with  the  arms:  Acurc  two  hands 
breaking  a  rod  or  branch  proper.  Dr.  Andrea  de  Lucca  writes  to  Mr. 
Mather  that  these  are  the  arms  of  a  now  extinct  family,  the  Tronconi 
family  of  Pieve  S.  Stefano. 

The  altarpiece  bears  the  inscription : 
OVESTA   TAVOLA  ^  E   LA    CAP(P)ELLA  ^  AN(N)0  FATTA  ♦ 
FARE  -f  lACOPO  ♦  MATTEO  +  SANTI  -f.  E  G(I)VLL\NIO  +  FIG- 
LVOLI  ♦  DI  GIOVAN(N)I  ^.  DL\COPO  -♦-  DI  CECHO  ^  DA  LA 
PIEVE  4.  1514-^ 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C-M.,  252  No.  304;  Cr.,  355. 

271  STEMMA  OF  CARDINAL  PIETRO  DI  BENEDETTO  AC- 
COLTI  AND  OF  NICCOLO  DI  CIONE  POLLINI.  15 14.  Flor- 
ence, ]\Iuseo  Nazionale,  No.  64.     Photos.,  Alinari,  2752 :  Brogi,  9474. 

On  the  predella  of  a  large  altarpiece  representing  the  Lamentation  over 
the  Dead  Body  of  Christ  are  two  coats  of  arms  on  Tuscan  shields  (Fig. 
196).  The  dexter  shield  bears  the  Accolti  arms:  Barry,  argent  and  gules, 
a  bordure  azure  charged  with  eight  stars  or.  Above  the  shield  a  Cardinal's 
hat  and  tassels,  gules.  The  individual  indicated  was  without  doubt  Pietro 
di  Benedetto  Accolti,  made  a  Cardinal  by  Julius  II  on  March  10,  1510. 
He  was  a  near  relative  of  Bernardo  Accolti,  Prior  of  the  monastery  and 
hospital  from  which  the  altarpiece  came. 

The  sinister  shield  bears  the  Pollini  arms :  Azure,  three  mill  wheels  or. 
two  and  one,  separated  by  a  fess  of  the  same  charged  with  a  ladder  of 
three  rungs  gules.  The  ladder  is  here  omitted  or  worn  away.  The  indi- 
vidual indicated  was  probably  Niccolo  di  Cione  di  Niccolo  Pollini  who 
ruled  the  Arte  della  Lana  from  151 5  to  1528,  a  descendant  of  Cione  di 
Lapo  di  Gherardo  Pollini,  a  high  official  in  the  Arte  della  Lana  and  founder 
of  the  hospital  (1313)  from  which  the  altarpiece  came. 

A  recently  published  document  shows  that  Giovanni  della  Robbia  re- 
ceived payment  for  this  altarpiece  in  the  month  of  August.  1514. 

Bibl. : 

B.,  Jahrb..  VTH  (1887).  220-221 :  C-M.,  216  No.  67:  Ciacconius,  III, 


Fig.  196.     AccoLTi  and  Pollini  Arms. 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY  213 

290-295,  477-478;  C,  s.v.  Accolti,  Pollini :  Cr.,  238-239;  M.,  D.  R.  A., 
119  Fig.  49;  Poggi,  Burl.  Mag.,  XXVIII,  129  note  4  (Doc);  R., 
D.  R.,  246-247;  Sc.  FL,  IV,  60;  Rich;\,  Til,  327-351  ;  Rosselli,  Ila  c. 
879;  Snpino,  450  no.  64. 

272     STEMMA  OF  BINDACCIO  DI  ANDREA  DA  RICASOLI.   1514. 
Scarperia,  Palazzo  del  Vicariato.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  continuous  wreath  irregularly  composed  of  fruit  and  flowers, 
and  an  inner  egg  and  dart  moulding,  is  a  fluted  disk  bearing  a  Tuscan 


Ml  1X1111  ■ 


'■I 


Fig.  197.     Bi.NDACcio  Ricasoli. 

shield   (Fig.   197)   with  the  Ricasoli  arms:     Or,  three  pallets  gules  sur- 
mounted of  as  many  bars  azure ;  in  chief  a  plate  with  a  Croce  del  Popolo. 
Below,  a  well   modelled  winged  cherub  displays  an   almost  horizontal 
scroll  inscribed : 

y  BINDACCIO  DI 
ANDREA  y  DA 
RICASOLI  y  VIC(ARI)0  J' 
M  >  D  Jf  XIIII  +  -^ 
Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Ricasoli;  W.,  167. 

273     STEMMA  OF  GIANOZZO  DI  PIERO  GIANFIGLL'KZZT.     1514. 
Cutigliano,  Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  continuous  wreath  of  fruit  and  flowers  and  an  inner  egg  and 


214  ROBBIA  HERALDRY 

dart  moulding,  set  on  a  fluted  disk  is  a  Tuscan  shield  bearing  the  Gianfig- 
hazzi  arms :     Or,  a  Hon  rampant  acure  armed  and  langued  gules. 
Below,  on  a  curved  scroll,  is  inscribed : 
GIANNOZZO  DI  PIERO 

GIANFIGLIAZZI     C(OMMISSARI)0     15 14 
The  name  Gianozzo  Gianfigliazzi  occurs  amongst  the  Priors  of  Florence 
in  the  fourteenth  and  fifteenth  centuries. 
Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C.,  s.v.  Gianfigliazzi;  P.,  466-468;  W.,  142. 

274  STEMMA  OF  DADDO  CALCAGNI  AND  OF  HIS  WIFE  TOM- 
MASA  RICCOBALDI.  1514.  Poggibonsi  (near),  S.  Lucchese. 
Photo.,  Lombardi  1778. 

On  the  predella  of  an  important  altarpiece  representing  the  Immaculate 
Virgin  and  Saints  are  two  coats  of  arms  on  Tuscan  shields.  At  the  dexter 
end  are  the  Calcagni  arms:  Argent,  a  hound  salient  acure.  At  the  sinis- 
ter, the  Riccobaldi  arms:  J'crt,  three  stars  or,  two  and  one,  divided  by  a 
fess  of  the  same.  Inasmuch  as  Daddo  di  Tommaso  di  Simone  Calcagni 
was  married  to  Tommasa  di  Gabriele  Riccobaldi  in  1503  we  may  conclude 
that  this  altarpiece  was  their  joint  gift. 

One  of  the  four  pilasters  is  inscribed : 

AN(N)0-    S(ALVATORIS)  •    M-D-XHII 

Influence  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

Brogi,  Inz:.  420-421;  C-M.,  244  No.  238;  Del  MigHori  Ms.  in  Bibl. 
Magliabec.  Classe  XXVI,  Cod.  131,  c.  139;  Priorista  Ridolfi,  s.v. 
Calcagni. 

275  STEMMA  OF  RAFFAELLO  DI  ZANOBI  GIOCONDO.  1514. 
Borgo  San  Lorenzo,  Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  continuous  wreath  of  irregular  bunches  of  fruit  and  flowers  is 
a  circular  disk  with  shield  and  stemma  missing. 

Below,  on  a  horizontal  scroll  upheld  by  two  hands  is  inscribed : 

RAFAELLO-     DI  ' 

ZANOBI  •     DI 

DOMENICO-    G(I)0 

CONDI-    P(ODEST)A-     1514 
Robbia  School. 


ROr.r.TA  TTF.UAT.DRV 


215 


276     STEMMA  OF  THE  OSPEDALE  DEL  CEPPO.     15 15.     Pistoia, 
Ospedale  del  Ceppo.     Photo.,  Private. 

Oil  the  .short  side  of  the  loggia,  to  the  right  of  the  facade,  may  be  seen 
two  pilasters  and  a  medallion  (Fig.  198).  The  pilasters  are  there  to  com- 
plete the  decorative  scheme  of  the  loggia  on  this  the  least  important  of  its 
faces.  The  medallion,  now  simply  space  filling,  may  have  been  designed 
for  a  frontal  position,  now  occupied  by  the  larger  medallions  of  Giovanni 


Fig.  i(J6.     Usilu.vll  del  CErpti. 

della  Robbia.  This  medallion  may  be  identified  as  the  one  for  which 
Benedetto  Bnglioni  was  paid  two  large  golden  florins  on  March  26,  151 5. 

The  medallion  is  framed  by  a  polychromatic  wreath  of  fruit  composed 
of  triplex  bunches  bound  by  small  ribbons.  The  fruit,  in  high  relief,  is 
arranged  in  alternately  dark  and  light  bunches,  not  invariably  homo- 
geneous. The  wreath  is  set  between  an  outer  egg  and  dart  and  an  inner 
cord  moulding.  Within  this  frame  is  a  circular  band  chequy  argent  and 
sable,  the  insignia  of  the  City  of  Pistoia,  enclosing  a  flat  blue  disk  on  which 
is  displayed  in  natural  colours  a  group  of  olive  stumps  (ccppi)  three  of 
which  are  sprouting.  It  may  be  noted  that  the  field  against  which  the 
stumps  appear  has  no  fixed  value.  Here  it  is  blue ;  on  the  other  short  side 
of  the  loggia,  white :  at  tlie  angles  on  shields  upheld  by  Sirens,  yellow. 

By  Benedetto  Buglioni. 


2i6  ROBBIA  HERALDRY 

Document : 

"MDXIIIJ 
Spedale  di  santa  maria  dell  ceppo  di  pistoia  de  dare. 


151 5.    Et  de  dare  adj  XXVI  detto  (niarzo)  151 5  f.  dua 
l(arghi)  oro  i(n)oro  se  faciano  buonj  p(er)  liij  a 
benedetto  di  giovannj  ischultore  avere  al  l(ibro) 
g'e  c  156  e  sono  p(er)  una  arme  di 

detto  ispedale  di  terrachotta  invetriata f  2 — lire-" 

[Archivio  di  S.  Maria  Nuova,  Libro  Azzurro,  segnato  E,  1513-1516,  c. 
117;  also  Milanesi,  Misc.  32  III  P,  c.  480.] 

Bibl. : 

R.  g.  Mather,  L'Arte,  XXII  (1918),  193-194;  M.,  A.  J.  A.,  XXII 
(1918),  370-371- 

277     STEMMA  OF  FILIPPO  D'ANTONIO  LORINI.     1515.     Pescia, 
Via  Benedettini.     Cairoli,  22.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  wreath  composed  of  triplex  bunches  of  fruit  interspersed  with 
a  few  flowers,  separated  by  double,  narrow  ribbons,  framed  on  its  inner 
edge  by  a  rope  moulding,  set  against  a  white  fluted  disk,  is  a  Tuscan  shield 


Fig.  199.    LoRiNi  Arms. 

(Fig.  199)  bearing  the  Lorini  arms:  Azure,  a  mount  of  six  summits  or, 
from  which  two  branches  vert  with  four  roses  argent;  in  chief  a  label  of 
France  gides  with  three  fleurs-de-lys  or.    Filippo  d'Antonio  di  Giovanni  di 


RORBIA  HEKALDUV  217 

Filippo  Lorini  held  the  office  of  Vicario  at  Pescia  in  1493.  He  was  deco- 
rated by  King-  Louis  of  France  and  buried  in  S.  Marco  in  1520.  On  styl- 
istic grounds  this  medallion  may  be  assigned  to  the  year  15 15. 

Atelier  of  Benedetto  Buglioni. 

Document : 

1.  "Vic.  Vallis  Nebule  (Pescia)  cum 

Uno  Judice  licentiato  cum  Salario  libraruni 

uno  Milite  socio  not°  Duaru  miliii  sibi 

uno  Notario  solvendarum  adicto 

iiij"  Domicellis  Vic"  p(ro)quulibet 

XV  faniulis  Semestrj 
iiij"  eq(ui)s 
filippus  dantonij  lo(Johannis)  filippo  lorinj — 84 — 6  mesi — Die  12  dicem- 

bre  I493-" 
[Arch,  di  Stato.     Registruni  Extrinsecorum,    1489- 1508,  segnato  Tratte 
Cod.  70  c.  19.] 

2.  "Chiesa  di  San  Marco 

Fra  I'Altare  de  Ricci  e  quello  de  Martini  Cartella  dj  marmo 

nel  muro  con  queste  due  arme  de  Lorini   (one  without,  the  other  with 

the  label  of  France)  e  con  la  seguente 
Inscrizione :  Philippus  Lorino  Antonij  F.  Patritio  Flor. 
quicum  ob  egregiam  virtutem  apud  Ludovicum  Gallic  Regem 
summa  cum  gratia  et  authoritate  diu  floruisset  ab 
eamque  turn  equestri  S.  Michaelis  Ordine  tum  Normandie 
Prefettura  ornatus  est,  Amplissimj  Republice  memeribus 
in  Patria  finito  hoc  sepulcro  a  se  extructo  conditus 
est  anno  1520." 
[Arch,  di  stato,  Sepoltuario  Roscelli,  Vol.  II,  c.  1231.] 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Lorini  Sernigi ;  Cr.,  351  ;  P.,  412-414;  W.,  174. 

278  STEMMA  OF  (i)  LEO  X,  (2)  BARTOLOMMEO  BUONDEL- 
MONTI(?)  AND  (3)  JACOPO  SALVIATI.  1515.  Baltimore, 
Collection  of  Mr.  Henry  Walters.     Photo.,  Private. 

On  the  predella  of  an  altarpiece  which  represents  the  Temptation  of 
Adam  and  which  commemorates  the  triumphal  entry  of  Leo  X  into  Flor- 
ence in  1515,  are  three  stemmi  (Fig.  200),  (i)  The  central  one  is  that  of 
the  Pope,  Leo  X.  The  papal  tiara  and  the  crossed  keys  or  and  argent  are 
set  above  a  Tuscan  shield  bearing  the  Medici  arms :  Or,  five  torteaux  in 
orlc,  in  chief  a  hurt.     (2)  The  dexter  arms,  also  on  a  Tuscan  shield  are: 


Fig.  200.    Buondelmonti,  Leo  X,  and  S.\lvi.\ti  Arms. 


ROr.lUA  lll'-.RAI.DUV  219 

Azure,  a  mount  of  six  tops  or,  sunnouiUed  by  a  cross  gules.  In  spite  ul  the 
tinctures,  which  diflfer  from  those  given  by  Crollalanza,  we  take  this  to 
lie  llie  stemma  of  Bartolommeo  di  Uosso  lUiondelmonti,  who  married 
Alessandra  Pazzi,  a  daut^hter  of  L5ianca  di  Piero  dei  Medici.  Bartolommeo 
was  the  donor  in' 1489  of  a  lunette  by  Andrea  della  Robbia  now  in  the 
Museo  deir  Opera  del  Duomo,  and  probably  with  Jacopo  Salviati  the  dontir 
of  a  lunette  by  Giovanni  della  Robbia  at  S.  Giovanni  in  Valdarno.  (3) 
The  sinister  end  of  the  predella  exhibits  a  similar  shield  bearing  the  Sal- 
viati arms:  Argent,  three  bends  bretisse  gules;  in  chief  the  label  of  Leo 
X,  i.e.  a  hurt  between  the  letters  L  and  X.  It  wduld  seem  probable  that 
the  member  of  the  Salviati  family  here  indicated  was  Jacopo  Salviati. 
whose  wife  Lucretia  de'  Medici  was  the  Pope's  sister.  Jacopo's  son  Gio- 
vanni on  June  26,  1517  was  made  a  Cardinal  by  Leo  X. 

It  may  be  recalled  that  in  1474  and  1475  Antonio  di  Lorenzo  Buondel- 
monti  was  Vicario  at  S.  Giovanni  in  Valdarno,  and  that  in  1484  Bernardo 
di  Marco  Salviati  held  that  office  in  the  same  town. 

By  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C.  s.v.  Buondelmonti,  Salviati;  Lelong,  Cat..  31:  Litta,  II,  s.v.  Buon- 
delmonti,  Tav.  II:  M.,  D.  R.  A..  111-116,  Fig.  45:  P.,  827-828. 

279  EMBLEM  OF  THE  MEDICI  AND  BARTOLINI  S.\LIMBENI 
FAMILIES,  c.  1515.  Dicomano,  Casa  Bartolini  Salimbeni  Vivai. 
Photo.,  Private. 

The  large,  or  courtyard,  stemmi  of  which  in  the  XV  century  several  were 
made  by  Luca  della  Robbia,  seem  to  have  been  less  in  fashion  in  the  XVI 
century. 

A  fine  example,  however,  may  be  seen  at  Dicomano  (Fig.  201)  set  into 
a  wall  where  it  is  surrounded  by  a  painted  imitation  of  a  wreath.  The 
original  garland  fell  to  the  lot  of  the  Marchese  Torrigiani,  in  whose  palaz- 
zo  in  Florence  it  still  e.xists. 

The  central  medallion  shows  a  combination  of  the  emblems  of  the  Medici 
and  Bartolini  Salimbeni  families  against  a  plain  field.  Here  are  the  three 
Medici  feathers,  white,  red  and  green,  the  Medici  diamond  ring,  and  motto 
SEMP(ER),  and  the  Bartolini  Salimbeni  poppies  with  the  motto  P(ER) 
NON  DORMIRE.  It  seems  not  unlikely  that  the  medallion  commemo- 
rates the  marriage  of  Bartolommeo  di  Andrea  de'Medici  and  Alessandra 
di  Leonardo  Bartolini  Salimbeni. 

Bartolommeo.  known  as  II  Mucchio,  served  under  the  Grand-duke  Cosi- 
mo  I.  became  Capitano  at  Arezzo  and  later  at  Pisa,  and  died  in  1555.  Ales- 
sandra's  father  was  Gonfaloniere  at  Florence  in  1516,  her  brother  Com- 


220 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


Fig.  201.     Bartolini  S.\limbeni  insignia. 


missario  at  Castiglione-Fiorentino  in  1494.  Another  intermarriage  be- 
tween these  famiHes  took  place  when  Giovenco  di  GiuHano  de'Medici  mar- 
ried Giovanna  di  Stefano  Bartohni.  Giovenco  was  Vicario  at  Pieve  San 
Stefano  in  1506. 

The  garland,  (Fig.  202)  in  each  of  the  six  sections  of  which  are  found 
the  seed  pods  of  poppies,  is  unusually  decorative  and  well  modelled  for  a 
Robbia  work  of  the  later  period. 

By  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Bartolini,  Salimbeni,  Medici;  Litta,  VI,  s.v.  Medici,  Tav.  V, 
XVII :  P.,  531-533- 

280     EMBLEM  OF  A  COMPAGNIA.    c.  1515.    London,  Victoria  and 
Albert  Museum,  No.  45-'82.     Photo.,  Private. 

On  a  small  lunette  gules  are  set  two  keys,  or  and  argent,  in  saltire,  above 
which  in  clouds  a  figure  of  the  Precursor,  pointing  and  holding  a  cross. 

Possibly  the  emblem  for  a  Compagnia  founded  by  the  Pope  and  dedi- 
cated to  S.  Giovanni  Battista. 


Bibl. : 

C-M.,  270  No.  405. 


ROBBIA  HERAIJ)kY 


221 


Fig.  202.     Garland  for  the  preceding. 

281     STEMMA  OF  CANAFFO  D' ANTONIO  ATTAVANTI.     15 16. 
Radda,  Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,  Private. 

On  a  rectangular  frame  surrounded  by  an  egg  and  dart  moulding  a  kite 
shaped  shield  (Fig.  203)  bears  the  Atavanti  arms:  Azure,  a  S.  Andrew's 
cross  or. 


(:HATJAii'(-)S 


0A(n"r)NIO  i 
l0(TAVAi\ITI 

Fig.  203.    Canaffo  Attavanti. 


Below,  on  a  rectangular  tablet  is  inscribed : 
CHANAFFO  + 
DANTONIO  -f 
ATAVANTI  + 
P(ODEST)A  -f  1516^ 


22  ROBBIA  HERALDRY 

Several  members  of  this  family  were  Priors  of  Florence  during  the  fif 


t? 


teenth  century. 

Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Attavanti;  P.,  753-754;  W.,  126. 

282  STEMMA  OF  THE  BONSOSTEGNI  FAMILY,     c.  15 16.     Per- 
ugia, Museo  del'Universita,  No.  365. 

Within  a  rectangular  frame  with  yellow  egg  and  dart  moulding  is  a 
green  garland  set  against  a  blue  ground  on  which  is  a  kite  shaped  shield 
bearing  the  Bonsostegni  arms:    Or,  two  bars,  gules. 

Robbia  School. 

283  STEMMA  OF  ANDREA  DI  GIULIANO  PARTICINL     151 6. 
Pieve  San  Stefano.     Palazzo  Comunale.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  wreath  of  fruit  and  flowers  and  an  inner  egg  and  dart  mould- 
ing, against  a  fluted  disk  is  set  a  decorated  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  204)  bear- 


4 
Fig.  204.     AxDRE.^  Pakticini. 

ing  the  Particini  arms :     Per  pale,  dexter  Azure,  three  fleurs-de-lys  or; 
sinister,  bendy  sinister  of  three  argent  and  gules. 

Below,  on  a  curved  scroll  upheld  by  two  hands  is  inscribed : 

J' ANDREA  DI  GI 

VLIANO     DI     PA 

RTICINO    RATI 

ciNi  y  v(icARi)o  y  md-xvi  > 

Andrea  di  Giuliano  di  Particino  Particini  was  a  Prior  of  Florence  in 
1476,  and  Vicario  at  Poppi  in  1526. 
Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 
P-.  738. 


ROBBI A   III'.UALDRN'  223 

284     STEALMA  OF  NICCOLO  Dl  PJERO  PAZZI.     1516.     S.Giovanni 
in  Valdarno.     Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  wreath  of  fruit,  flowers,  heans  (on  which  may  he  seen  a  frog 
and  a  lizard),  and  an  inner  egg  and  dart  moulding,  set  against  a  white 
fluted  disk  is  a  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  205)  bearing  the  Pazzi  arms:    Azure, 


iANnRF.A-DFJKZZ' 
IVAM-)\V  ■!  MDYVI; 


Fig.  205.     XiccoLo  de  Pazzi. 

two  dolphins  hauriant,  embowed,  addorsed  or  and  four  crosses  botonny, 
fitched,  of  the  same.     Below  is  a  horizontal  scroll  inscribed : 

TNICHOLO^DI  ME 

S(SER)    PIEROJ'DIMES(SER) 

ANDREA  y  DE   PAZZ 

I  V(ICARI)0  y  MDXV  E  MDXVI 
Niccolo  di  Messer  Piero  di  Messer  Andrea  dei  Pazzi  was  born  in  1462, 
imprisoned  at  Volterra  in  1478,  released  in  1480,  made  a  Commissario  in 
the  Val  di  Sieve  and  in  the  Casentino,  a  Prior  in  Florence  in  1509,  Consul 
of  the  Mint  in  15 10,  Vicario  in  S.  Giovanni  in  Valdarno  in  15 16,  Capitano 
at  Pistoia  in  1517,  and  died  in  15 19. 
Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C.,  s.v.  Pazzi;  Litta,  s.v.  Pazzi,  Tav.  8;  P.,  146-147;  W.,  162-164. 

285     STEMMA  OF  NICCOLO  AVERARDI  DA  FILICALA.     1517. 
San  Giovanni  in  Valdarno.     Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,  Alinari,  9846. 

Within  a  wreath  of  fruit,  flowers,  and  wheat  of  continuous,  semi-regular 
composition  and  a  motion  from  the  base  in  both  directions  toward  the  top, 


224 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


is  an  egg  and  dart  moulding  surrounding  a  blue  fluted  disk  on  which  is 
set  a  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  206)  bearing  the  Filicaia  arms:  Or,  three  chev- 
ronels  giilcs. 


Fig.  206.     NiccoLo  Filicaia. 


Below,  a  winged  cherub  upholds  a  slightly  curved  scroll  inscribed : 
•NICCOLA-  AVERA 
RDI-    DE   FILICARIA-    P 
RO-    MAG(NIFI)CO-    ET    EX(CEL)SO-    PO 
PVLO-    FLOR(ENTI)NO-    VICA(RI)0-    S(ANC)TI.    lO(ANNI)- 

PRO- 
SEMESTRI-  INCEPTI-  DIE- 
XXVIIII  DECE(M)BRIS    M-D-XV-II 

Niccolo  d'Averardo  d'Alessandro  da  Filicaia  became  a  Prior  of  Flor- 
ence in  1519. 

Ateher  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Filicaia;  P.,  116-119;  W.,  140. 


ROBBiA  HER.VLDRV  225 

286  STEMMA  OF  BATTISTA  BARTOLOMMEO  DE'BENUCCI. 
15 17.     Prague,  Rndolfimim. 

Within  a  fruit  garland  is  set  a  Tuscan  shield  bearing  the  Benucci  arms : 
Quarterly,  (i)  and  (4)  argi-iit.  (2)  and  (3)  acnrc,  a  star  or.  Around  the 
shield  is  inscribed : 

•BAPTISTE-    BA(R)TOLOMEI-    DE    BENVCCIS-    ET-    SVO 
MCCCCCXVII 

Crollalanza  gives  the  Benucci  arms  as :   Or.  an  increscent  purpure. 

Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Benucci;  Selliere  Sale  of  1890,  Cat.  15,  no.  13. 

287  STEMMA  OF  THE  CANIGIANI  FAMILY  WITH  TABLET  OF 
FRANCESCO  DI  AGOSTINO  BILIOTTI.  1517.  Pieve  San  Ste- 
fano,  Palazzo  Comunale.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  continuous  wreath  of  chiefly  triplex  bunches  of  fruit  and  flow- 
ers, set  against  a  flat  disk  is  a  lily-capped  beribboned  Tuscan  shield  (Fig. 
207)  bearing  the  Canigiani  arms:  Argent,  a  crescent  azure,  accompanied 
in  chief  by  a  label  gules. 


Fig.  207.     C.\NiGi.\.\i  Arms. 

Below,  on  a  curved  scroll  upheld  by  two  hands  is  inscribed : 
y FRANCESC ' 
O   DAGOSTINO 
BILIOTTI  V(ICARI)0   1517 
The  Biliotti  arms  according  to  Crollalanza,  are  Gules,  in  a  chief  argent 
a  wolf  passant  of  the  first.     According  to  the   Princeton   Priorista  the 
Biliotti  arms  are :  Azure,  a  cross  or.    Apparently  by  some  error  the  Canig- 
iani arms  and  Biliotti  tablet  are  here  brought  together. 
Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Biliotti,  Canigiani;  P.,  10.  422. 


226  ROBBIA  HERALDRY 

288     STEMM A  OF  GIOVANNI  D'ANDRE A  DI  BONO  BONI.    151 7. 
Pieve  San  Stefano,  Palazzo  Comunale.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  continuous  wreath,  irregularly  composed  of  fruit  and  flowers, 
and  an  inner  egg  and  dart  moulding,  set  against  a  fluted  disk  is  a  Tuscan 
shield  (Fig.  208)  bearing  the  Boni  arms:  Party  per  pale,  gtilcs  and  actirc, 
a  lion  argent,  charged  with  the  Croce  del  Popolo. 


Fig.  208.     Giovanni  Boni. 

Below,  on  a  curved  scroll  upheld  by  two  hands,  is  inscribed : 
GIOVANNI-    DAN 
DREA-   DI   BONO- 
BONI-  V(ICARI)0-   1516  E 

1517- 
Robbia  School. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Boni,  P.,  829;  W.,  130. 

289     STEMMA  OF  MESSER  LIONARDO  DI  GIOVANNI  BUONA- 
FEDE.     c.  1 5 17.     Badia  Tedalda,  S.  :\Iichele.     Photo.,  Private. 

At  either  end  of  the  predella  of  the  altarpiece  of  the  ^ladonna  enthroned 
with  Saints  is  a  kite  shaped  shield  bearing  the  stemma  of  Messer  Lionardo 
di  Giovanni  Buonafede :  Or,  on  a  mount  of  six  tops  vert  a  bull  salient 
gules.  Over  the  shield  is  a  Bishop's  mitre.  Messer  Lionardo  Buonafede, 
the  Administrator  of  the  Hospital  of  S.  Maria  Nuova,  Florence,  was  a 
benefactor  of  the  Badia  at  Tedalda.  He  also  presented  fonts  and  other 
objects  of  Robbia  ware  for  the  church  at  Galatrona  (1518),  S.  Piero  a 
Sieve,  and  elsewhere. 

By  Benedetto  Buglioni. 

Bibl. : 

C-M.,  225,  No.  123;  M.,  A.  J.  A.  XXII  (i9i8),3io-3i4  (Doc);  P., 
369 :  Repetti,  s.v.  Badia  Tedalda. 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY  227 

290  STEMMA  OF  MESSER  LIONARDO  1)1  GIOVANNI  BUONA- 
FEDE.     c.  1517.     New  York  City,  Barclini  Sale  of  1918. 

In  the  Bardini  sale  of  19 iS  was  an  empty  tabernacle  frame,  the  console 
of  which  contained  a  kite  shaped  shield  (Fig.  209)  from  which  sprang 
floral  scrolls.  The  shield  liorc  the  Buonafede  arms:  Or,  on  a  mount  of 
six  tops  vert  a  bull  salient  gules. 

The  Bishop's  mitre  above  the  shield  indicates  the  ecclesiastical  standing 
of  the  donor,  who  no  doubt  was  Lionardo  di  Giovanni  Buonafede,  admin- 
istrator of  the  Hospital  of  S.  Maria  Nuova. 

Atelier  of  Benedetto  Buglioni. 

Bibl. : 

Bardini  Sale  of  1918,  Cat.,  378;  P.,  369. 

291  STEMMA  OF  MESSER  LIONARDO  DI  GIOVANNI  BUONA- 
FEDE. c.  1 517.  Rome,  Sangiorgi  Gallery  (formerly).  Photo., 
from  Sangiorgi  Catalogue. 

Formerly  at  Gagliardi's,  Florence,  and  in  1905  in  the  Sangiorgi  Gallery, 
Rome,  was  a  round  headed  altarpiece  of  the  Nativity.  At  either  end  of 
the  predella  is  a  Tuscan  shield,  bearing  the  arms  of  Messer  Lionardo  di 
Giovanni  Buonafede:  Or,  a  mount  of  six  summits  vert,  surmounted  by  a 
bull  salient  gules.  Above  the  shield  is  a  Bishop's  mitre.  On  the  predella 
is  also  displayed  S.  Lionardo,  his  patronymic  saint,  and  S.  Benedetto,  the 
saint  of  the  order  of  the  Fratres  Cassinenses  to  which  he  belonged. 

Atelier  of  Benedetto  Buglioni. 

Bibl. : 

Cat.  Galerie  Sangiorgi:  P.,  369. 

292  STEMMA  OF  MESSER  LIONARDO  DI  GIOVANNI  BUONA- 
FEDE. 1518.  Galatrona  (near  Montevarchi),  S.  Giovanni  Battista. 
Photo.,  Alinari,  9855-9857. 

Peleo  Bacci  has  published  documents  showing  that  Giovanni  della  Rob- 
bia  and  his  son  Marco  received  payments  from  April  loth,  15 10,  to  April 
30th,  1521,  for  a  font  (Fig.  210)  and  other  objects  ordered  by  Messer 
Lionardo  di  Giovanni  Buonafede. 

I.  The  font  (1518)  at  each  angle  of  its  upper  frieze,  bears  on  a  tourna- 
ment shield  the  arms  of  the  Buonafede  family :     Or,  a  mount  six  tops 


228 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


Fig.  209.     LioNARDo  Buonafede. 


ROBBIA  11I>:K.\I.I)I<;V  229 

vert  surmounted  by  a  bull  salient  ii^nlcs.     Above  tbe  shield  is  a  Bishop's 
mitre  (Alinari  9855-9856). 

2.  The  ciborium  also  bears  TUi'malede's  arms  on  a  tournament  shield 
(Alinari,  9858). 

3.  The  frame  which  now  surmunds  the  statue  of  S.  Giovanni  Battista, 


i-ll..     JIU.        i 


on  the  entablatures  of  the  pilasters  also  bears  his  coat  of  arms  (Alinari, 
9857).    The  frame  seems  formerly  to  have  been  that  of  an  altarpiece. 

4.  In  the  vault  of  the  Cap]iella  JNIagg'iore  also  the  stemma  of  Messer 
Buonafede  is  displayed  in  a  medallion  surrounded  by  a  garland  of  fruit 
and  flowers. 

By  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

Bacci,  ///.   Fior.,   1908,    144-149,    (Doc);  C-^1.,    2^^   Xo.    182;  Cr., 
232;  M.,  Sc.  Mag.,  1893,  692-697. 


230 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


293     STEMMA  OF  THE  MEDICI  FAMILY,     c.   15 18.     S.   Piero  a 
Sieve,  Pieve,  S.  Piero.     Photo.,  Alinari,  9859. 

At  the  angles  of  the  entablature  of  the  font,  which  is  a  replica  of  that 
at  Galatrona,  are  rectangles  containing  Tuscan  shields  (Fig.  211)  bearing 
the  Medici  arms :  Or,  five  torteaux,  two,  two,  and  one,  accompanied  in 
chief  by  a  palla  showing  the  Croce  del  Popolo  (argent,  a  cross  gules).    The 


Fir,.  211.     Medici  Arms. 

Medici  family  owned  a  tower  in  the  vicinity  and  at  one  time  enjoyed  the 
exclusive  patronage  of  the  church.     Possibly  the  individual  donor  here  in- 
dicated was  Giovanni  delle  Bande  Nere  (1498-1526).     The  font  may  be 
assigned  to  the  year  15 18. 
By  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 


Bibl. : 

C-M.,  252  No.  302;  €.,  s.v.  Medici;  Litta,  VI,  s.v.  Medici;  Repetti,  V, 
108;  Young,  II,  214-229. 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


231 


294  STEMMA  OF  THE  MANETTI  FAMILY  WITH  THE  TAB- 
LET OF  TOMRIASO  DI  SCOLAIO  CIACCHI.  1518.  Pieve  San 
Stefano,  Palazzo  Comunale.    Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  wreath  of  fruit  and  ilower.s  composed  chiclly  in  triplex  bunches, 
set  against  a  flat  plate  is  an  ornamented  beribboned  Tuscan  shield  (Fig. 
212)  bearing  the  Manetti  arms:  Argent,  a  bend  a::urc  charged  with  three 
moons  in  crescent  bendwise  or. 

Below,  on  a  rectangular  frame  is  inscribed : 
y  TOMASO    DI    SC 
HOLAIO    CIAC 
HI    VICHARIO 
MDXVIII  +  '^ 
Here  the  arms  of  Bernardo  di  Filippo  Manetti,  Capitano  at  Borgo  S. 
Sepolcro  in  1503,  are  placed  above  a  tablet  recording  the  Vicariate  of  Tom- 
maso  Ciacchi.     The  arms  of  the  Ciacchi  family  are  quite  different. 
Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Ciacchi,  ?^lanetti ;  P.,  648,  442;  W.,  135,  151. 


Fig.  212.     Bernarihi  Manetti  Arms. 


Fig.   213.      TOMMASO  Gu.\LTtHOTTI. 


295     STEMMA   OF   TOMMASO   DI   LORENZO   GUALTEROTTI. 
1518.     Pieve  San  Stefano,  Palazzo  Comunale.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  continuous  wreath  of  chiefly  triplex  bunches  of  fruit  and  flow- 
ers surrounded  by  an  egg  and  dart  moulding  is  a  fluted  disk  containing  a 
Tuscan  shield  ( Fig.  213)  j^earing  the  Gualterotti  arms  :  Per  bend  indented, 
a:::urc  and  or. 

Below,  on  a  curved  scroll,  is  inscribed: 
TOMASO  •     DI 
LORENZO • 
GHALTEROTTI  • 
V(ICARI)0-    1517    E    1518- 
Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 
C,  s.v.  Gualterotti:  W.,  147. 


232  ROBBIA  HERALDRY 

296     STEMMA  OF  LUIGI  DI  FRANCESCO  FIERI.     15 18.     Radda, 
Palazzo  Pretorio.    Photo.,  Private. 

Frame  missing.  A  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  214)  bears  the  Fieri  arms: 
Argent,  a  bend  or  and  bend  sinister  acure  in  saltire,  in  chief  a  label  of 
Anjou,  gules. 


!i\ A-'ICI  '1:)!FK.M 

Fig.  214.    LuiGi  Fieri. 

On  a  rectangular  tablet  is  inscribed : 

LVVIGI  ^  DIFRA 

NCESCHO  y  FIERI 

FO(DEST)A  J'  M  J'  D  J'  XVIII 
Luigi's  father,  Francesco  di  Giovanni  di  Piero  Pieri-Scodellari,  was  a 
Prior  of  Florence  in  1473. 

Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Fieri  Scodellari ;  P.,  749-750. 

297     EMBLEMS  OF  LEO  X.     c.  1518.     Rome,  Loggia  of  the  Vatican 
(formerly),  Sala  Borgia.     Photo.,  Private. 

The  pavement  which  Vasari  describes  as  made  by  Luca  di  Andrea  della 
Robbia   for  Leo  X  after  the  designs  of  Raphael  has  now  disappeared 
though  some  fragments  are  preserved.    A  drawing  made  by  Francesco  La 
Vega  in  1742  (Fig.  215)  shows: 
(i)   the  name  Leo  X  M(EDICES)    PO(NTIFEX)    M(AXIMVS)  ; 

(2)  the  three  Medici  feathers,  the  diamond  ring,  and  the  motto  SEMPER. 

(3)  The  yoke  and  the  motto  SVAVE  EST. 

A  few  tiles  with  Medici  emblems  are  preserved  in  the  Sala  Borgia. 
Payments  were  made  to  Luca  di  Andrea  della  Robbia  and  to  "frate  de 
la  Robbia,"  without  doubt  Fra  Mattia,  in  August  and  September,  15 18. 
By  Luca  di  Andrea  della  Robbia. 


ROBBIA  H1':KALDRY  233 

Bibl. : 

Gnoli,  .-i.  S.  A.,  IV  (1891),  125,  126;  M.,  Sc.  Mag.,  1893,  698; 
Brickbuilder,  1902;  99;  Mihitz,  Raphael,  452,  note  i(Doc.):  Perodi, 
106-107,  Tav.  50;  Tesorone,  3-48;  Figs.  1-4;  Vas.,  II,  182. 


Fig.  215.     Emblems  of  Leo  X. 

298     E^IBLEAIS  OF  LEO  X.    c.  1518.    Rome,  S.  Silvestro  al  Ouirinale. 
Cappella  di  S.  Caterina.     Photo.,  Private. 


The  pavement  before  the  altar  is  composed  of  Robbia  tiles,  which  mav 
have  been  transferred  from  the  Vatican.  The  patterns  consist  almost  ex- 
clusively of  Medici  emblems,  such  as  the  three  feathers,  red,  white  and 
green  (Fig.  216),  diamonds  separate  or  in  intertwined  rings,  and  disks 
or  pallc. 

By  Luca  di  Andrea  della  Robbia. 


234 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


Bibl. : 


Erculei,  A.  I.  D.  I.,  ¥1(1897),  46;  Gnoli,  A^.  Antologia,  1888;  A.  S. 
A.,  IV  (1891),  125-126;  M.,  BrkkbuUdcr.  1902,  98-101 ;  Tesorone,  38. 


r^' 


Fig.  216.     Medici  Emblems. 


299     EMBLEMS   OF   LEO   X.      c.    15 18.      Rome,    Museo   Industriale. 
Photo.,  Private. 


Here  may  be  seen  various  emblems. 

(i).  A  lion's  mask  proper  framed  by  a  Medici  ring,  ribbed  or,  with  a 
diamond  acure  resting  on  foliage  vert  (Fig.  217).  Background,  light  blue. 
Three  Medallions. 

Another  may  be  seen  from  a  window  of  36  Via  dei  Delfini,  set  in  the 
wall  of  a  house  No.  2  on  Piazza  Campitelli,  Rome. 

(2).  The  Medici  feathers  (Fig.  218),  green,  white  and  violet,  with  a 
scroll  inscribed  SEMPER.     Background,  light  blue. 

Two  medallions. 

(3).  The  Medici  yoke  (Fig.  219),  gray  green,  with  a  scroll  inscribed 
SVAVE  framed  by  a  green  oak  stem  bound  with  yellow  ribbons. 

Three  medallions. 


KUUUIA  Jll•■,K.\l.l)k^■ 


235 


Fig.  217.    Lion  Mask. 


Fig.  218.    Medici  P'kathers. 


236 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


Vasari  speaks  of  these  insignia  as  having  been  made  for  Leo  X  by  Luca 
di  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

Ferrari,  Rass.  d'Arte,  VIII   (1908),  60;  :\I.,  Sc.  Mag.,  1893,  698; 
\'as.,  II,  182. 

300     EMBLEM   OF   THE   MEDICI   FAMILY,      c.    15 18.      Florence, 
Museo  Nazionale. 


In  the  Museo  Nazionale  may  be  seen  twelve  medallions,  white  rimmed, 
blue  background,  each  with  three  interlocked  diamond  rings  and  three 
feathers.  In  three  of  the  medallions  the  diamonds  are  white,  in  the  rest 
blue. 

Robbia  School. 


Fig.  219.     ^Medici  yoke. 


301     STEMMA    OF    CASTELNUOVO-GARFAGNANA. 
Castelnuovo  di  Garfagnana.     S.  Pietro.     Photo.,  Private. 


i=;i2. 


At  either  end  of  the  predella  of  the  altarpiece  representing  S.  Giuseppe 
and  Angels  is  a  Tuscan  shield  bearing  the  Castelnuovo  arms:  Or,  a  lion 
rampant  gules. 

Abbot  Lino  Giannini  writes  to  Mr.  Mather  that  these  are  the  arms  of  the 
Municipio  of  Castelnuovo.    Mr.  Mather  adds  that  the  same  arms  are  borne 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY  237 

by  the  Cenani,  Staitta,  and  Nobili  families  of  Lucca,  and  by  the  Agli  family 
of  Florence. 
Robbia  School. 

Bibl. : 

Artoni,  In  Garfagnana;  Repetti,  I,  570. 

302     STE.MMA   OF   RAFFAFLLO    Dl    l-RANCESCO   DE'MEDICI. 
1519.     Borgo  San  Sepolcro.     Palazzo  Tfibunale.     Photo..  Private. 

Within  an  egg  and  dart  moulding  i.s  a  Medici  ring  about  which  twines 
a  narrow  scroll  inscribed  Omnia  cum  Mcnsura.    The  ring  encloses  a  lily- 


Fic.  220.     Kakf.vei.lo  Medici. 

s. 

capped  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  220)  with  bordure,  sides  notched,  bearing  the 
Medici  arms :  Or,  six  torteaux  in  orle ;  about  the  topmost  is  a  scroll  in- 
scribed:    L.  X.  P.  M.  (Leo  X  Pontifex  Maximus). 

Below,  a  slightly  curved  scroll  upheld  by  two  hands  is  inscribed : 
y RAPHAELLO 
DI  FRANCESCO 
DE  MEDICI  ■     CAP  ( ITAN )  O 
ET-    COM(MISSARI)0-     M  •  DXIX 
Robbia  School. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Medici:  Litta.  \'i.  s.v.  :\Iedici:  W.,  153. 

303     STEMMA  OF  SEBASTIANO  DI  FILIPPO  GUIDETTI.     15 19. 
San  Giovanni  in  Valdarno.     Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,  Private. 

In  an  egg  and  dart  frame,  set  against  a  violet,  fluted  disk  a  Tuscan 
shield  (Fig.  221)  bears  the  Guidetti  arms:  Paly  of  six  argent  and  azure; 
in  chief  a  label  gules. 


238  ROBBIA  HERALDRY 

Below  is  a  slightly  curved  scroll  inscribed : 

BASTIANO  >  DI 

FILIPPO  ^  GHVI 

DETTI  -f  V(ICARI)0  -f  1519  > 
Sebastiano  di  Filippo  di  Guidetto  di  Jacopo  d'Alessandro  Giiidetti  was 
a  Prior  of  Florence  in  i486,  1496  and  1500. 
Atelier  of  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C.,  s.v.  Guidetti;  P.,  483-484;  W.,  147. 


Fig.  221.     Sebastiano  Guidetti. 

304     STEMMA  OF  LORENZO  DI   GIOVANNI   VILLANI.      1519. 
Cutigliano,  Palazzo  Pretorio. 

Within  a  continuous  wreath  of  fruit  and  flowers,  surrounded  by  an  egg 
and  dart  moulding  a  fluted  disk  supported  a  shield  with  arms  now  effaced, 
but  which  may  be  restored  as  the  Villani  arms :    Or,  a  griffin  segreant 
sable,  crossed  by  a  label  gules,  within  a  bordure  indented  of  the  same. 
Below  a  cherub  upheld  a  scroll  inscribed : 

GIOVANNI    DI    lACOPO    VILANI 
CAP(ITAN)0    14-  •  LORENZO  DI 
GIOVANNI     1 5 19 
Giovanni  di  Jacopo  di  Giovanni  di  Villani  di  Stoldo  Villani  was  a  Prior 
of  Florence  in  1458  and  i486. 
Robbia  School. 

Bibl. : 

C.,  s.v.  Villani-Stoldi ;  P.,  312;  W.,  184. 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


239 


305     STEiALMA  OF  I'.ARTOLU.M  M  l-.O  1  )T  XICCOLO  DEL  TROSCIA. 
1520.    Buggiano  Alto,  Castello.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  medallion  ( I'^ig.  222)  framed  with  an  outer  egg  and  dart 
moulding,  a  garland  of  dark  pine  cones  alternating  with  light  coloured 
pomegranates  antl  ([uinces,  and  an  inner  cord  moulding,  set  against  a  blue 
background  are  two  lightly  draped  pntti  supporting  a  Tuscan  shield,  per- 
haps  the   earliest   witli    indented    apices,    bearing   the   del   Troscia   arms : 


Fig.   222.     B.\BTciLOMMEo   Troscia. 

Gules,  three  circlets  argent,  two  and  one,  ])etween  the  upper  two  a  shieldlet 
argent  blazoned  with  a  bull  segreant,  crowned  with  a  crosslet  gules;  in  a 
chief  or  a  lion  passant  acure. 

Below  is  a  cherub  head  supporting  a  tahella  ansata  inscribed : 
BARTHOLOIMEVS  A  TR 
OSCI\'S  A  XICOLAI  A  FTL 
IVS  A  P(OTES)TAS  A  MADXLX  A   (E)T  XX 
By  Benedetto  Buglioni. 
Bibl. : 


Cr.,  335  ;  P.,  788-789. 

306     STEMMA  OF  AVERARDO  SALVL\TL 
C0I6  a  Tolentino.     Phot  '.,  .Minari,  10073. 


1520.     Prato,  S.  Nic- 


240 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


Immediately  above  the  vase  and  basin  of  the  lavabo  is  a  wreath  of  fruit 
and  wheat  flanked  by  fluttering  yeUow  riljbons  and  enclosing  a  semi-Tus- 
can shield  (Fig.  223)  on  which  are  displayed  the  Salviati  arms:  Argent, 
bendy  bretisse  gitlcs.  As  in  the  arms  of  Bernardo  Salviati  at  S.  Giovanni 
in  Valdarno  (1484)  and  on  those  of  Jacopo  Salviati  in  the  Walters  Col- 
lection in  Baltimore  (151 5)  there  are  three  bends,  whereas  in  the  stemma 
in  the  Mortimer  Collection  at  Roslyn.  there  are  two  only.     The  individual 


Fig.  -'J3.     .\vER.'^RDO  S.\lvi.\ti. 


ROBBIA  HER.\LDRY  241 

donor  of  the  lavabo  at  Prato  is  known  from  the  inscriptions  on  the  pil- 
asters : 

AVERARDVS-   ALAMANNI- 
DE    SALVIATIS-   FIERI-  FECIT- 
ANNO-    1520- 
By  Santi  BugHoni. 

Bibl. : 

Carotti,  A.  S.  A.,  IV  (1891),  112-116;  Corradini,  47;  C,  s.v.  Salvi- 
ati  (gives  arms  Gules,  three  bends  nebnly  argent)  ;  Giglioli,  a  Prato, 
58-59;  R.,  D.  R.,  235-238;  Sc.  FL,  IV,  53,  55;  W.,  172-173. 

307  STEMMA  OF  THE  SCALI  AND  OF  THE  BENINI  FAMILIES, 
c.  1520.     EmpoH,  S.  Maria  a  Ripa.     Photo.,  Alinari,  10132. 

At  either  end  of  the  aUarpiece  of  the  Madonna  enthroned  with  Saints 
are  late  Tuscan  shields  (Fig.  224).  The  dexter  shield  is  Azure,  a  ladder 
argent,  probably  the  arms  of  some  branch  of  the  Scali  family.  The  stemma 
of  Antonio  Scali  was  set  up  at  Borgo  San  Sepolcro  in  1501,  and  at  Scar- 
peria  in  1507.  The  sinister  shield  is  Argent,  two  chains  in  saltire  gules. 
According  to  Giglioli  these  are  the  arms  of  the  Benini-Forniiche  family, 
who  with  the  Scali  family  were  patrons  of  the  altarpiece  and  of  the  chapel. 
Mr.  Rufus  G.  Mather  writes :  "The  only  families  which  I  can  find  which 
answer,  are  for  the  former  Guidoni  da  Castelfiorentino  (as  per  Rosselli's 
Sepoltuario)  and  for  the  latter  Benini  da  Tignano  (as  per  Priorista  Ri- 
dolfi).    There  was  however  no  alliance  between  the  families." 

By  Santi  Buglioni. 

Bibl. : 

Carocci,  II  Valdarno,  81-82;  C-M.,  354  No.  317;  C.,  s.v.  Scali:  Gigli- 
oli, Empoli,  174. 

308  STEMMA  OF  THE  TROTTI  AND  OF  THE  DAVANZATI 

FAMILIES,  c.  1520.  Prague  (formerly),  Lanna  Collection,  no. 
473.     Photo.,  Catalogue. 

On  the  predella  of  the  Pieta  altarpiece,  no.  473  in  the  von  Lanna  collec- 
tion sold  in  1909,  are  two  stemmi  displayed  on  semi  Tuscan  shields.  The 
de.xter  arms :  Per  fess,  or  and  azure,  appear  to  be  those  of  some  member 
of  the  Trotti  family.  The  sinister  arms :  Azure,  a  lion  rampant  or,  are 
those  of  the  Davanzati  or  Bellandi  family. 

By  Benedetto  Buglioni. 


242 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


Fig.  j_'4.     Scai.i  and  Fiirmiche  Arms. 

Bibl.: 

von  Lanna  Sale  of  1909,  Cat.,  no.  473,  Taf.  39:  C,  s.v.  Trotti.  Dav- 
anzati,  Bellandi ;  P.,  267-269. 

309  STEMMA  OF  MONA  FRANCESCA,  WIFE  OF  MICHELE 
BOTTIGLI.  1520.  Florence,  Gallery  of  the  Innocenti  Hospital. 
Photo.     Brogi,  1371. 


On  the  predella  of  the  altarpiece  representing  the  Madonna  enthroned 
with  Saints  are  two  medallions,  the  painted  arms  on  which  are  now  obliter- 
ated. The  dexter  medallion  probably  contained  the  insignia  of  Mona  Fran- 
cesca  and  the  sinister  those  of  her  quondam  husband  Michele  Bottigli. 
The  central  tablet  on  the  predella  is  inscribed : 


ROBBIA   UKRAT-OKV 

OVESTO  •  TABERNACHOLO  •    A  FATTO 
FARE-    MONA     FRANCESCHA-    DON(N)A-    FV  • 
DI   MICHELE-   BOTTIGLI-   LAN(N)0-    1520 
By  Benedetto  Buglioni. 


243 


Bibl. : 

Cr.,  348  (s.v.  Montanino)  ;  U.,  D.  R.  A.,  167,  Fig.  68. 

310     STEMMA  OF  AMERIGO  DI  MESSER  LUCA  PITTI.     1520. 
Scarperia,  Palazzo  del  Vicariato.     Photo.,  Private. 

A  wreath  consisting  of  eight  triplex  bunches  of  fruit  and  flowers,  bound 
by  small,  almost  invisible  ribbons,  terminated  by  an  exterior  leaf  moulding 
and  an  inner  tgg  and  dart  moulding,  surrounds  a  blue  fluted  disk  on  which 
is  set  a  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  225)  bearing  the  Pitti  arms:    Barry  nebuly 


Fig.  225.     Amerigo  PiTT 


sable  and  argent;  in  centre,  a  cross  couped:  in  chief,  a  label  of  four  pomts, 

gules. 

Below,  a  putto  unfolds  a  horizontal  scroll  inscribed : 

AMERIGHO  + 
MESSER  LUCA  ^ 
PITTI -^  V(IC ART )0 
1520  ^ 


244  ROBBIA  HERALDRY 

Amerigo  di  Messer  Luca  di  Buoiiaccorso  Pitti  was  Prior  of  Florence  in 
15 1 3  and  Gonfaloniere  in  15 17. 
Atelier  of  Benedetto  Buglioni. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Pitti;  P.,  54-57;  W.,  165. 

311  STEMMA  OF  THE  OPERA  OF  THE  CHURCH  S.  MARCO  IN 
CALCESANA.     1520.     Pisa,  Camposanto.     Photo.,  Alinari,  8618. 

On  August  18,  1 5 18,  a  commission  was  given  to  Giovanni  della  Robbia 
for  an  altarpiece  to  be  completed  by  the  fifteenth  of  March,  1519,  for  the 
church  of  S.  Marco  in  Calcesana  near  Pisa.  On  behalf  of  the  church  it 
was  signed  by  the  Operarius  Agostino  Urbani.  The  altarpiece  is  now  in 
the  Camposanto  at  Pisa.     On  the  pilasters  are  two  medallions  inscribed : 

(i).       TE(M)PORE    P(RE)SBITERI    FRANCISCI    M-D-XX 

(2).       AVGVSTINI   VRBANI   OP(ER)ARn 

The  contract,  still  preserved,  gives  the  name  of  the  priest  as  Francesco 
di  Pierantonio  of  Pontadera  and  that  of  the  operariiis  as  Agostino  di  Gher- 
ardo  Urbani  of  Pisa.  The  Opera,  or  Vestry,  of  the  church,  represented  in 
the  contract  by  Agostino  Urbani,  was  represented  on  the  altarpiece  by  the 
sign:  OPE(RA)  which  is  inscribed  on  the  Tuscan  shield  at  either  end  of 
the  predella. 

By  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C-M.,    130,    194-195    (Doc),   242   No.   229;   Cr.,   237-238,   312-313 
(Doc.)  ;  R.,  D.  R.,  245-246:  5r.  FL,  IV,  57,  59. 

312  STEMMA  OF  GIOVANNI  DI  FILIPPO  MAGALOTTI  AND  OF 
CASSANDRA  RINUCCINI.  c.  1520.  Florence,  Museo  Nazionale, 
No.  yy.    Photos.,  Alinari,  2779;  Brogi,  9502. 

On  the  console  of  a  ciborio.  No.  jy  in  the  Museo  Nazionale,  is  a  wreath 
of  fruit  enclosing  a  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  226)  bearing  the  combined  arms 
of  the  (dexter)  Magalotti  and  (sinister)  Rinuccini  families.  The  Maga- 
lotti  arms  are:  Barry,  sable  and  or,  in  chief  gulcs  LIBERTA(S)  or.  The 
Rinuccini  arms  are :  Argent,  a  bend  fusilly  asure,  in  chief  a  label  gules. 
This  is  evidently  an  index,  not  necessarily  contemporaneous,  of  the  mar- 
riage of  Giovanni  di  Filippo  Magalotti  and  Cassandra  di  Giuliano  ]\Iaria 
di  Jacopo  Rinuccini,  which  took  place  October  15,  1505. 

Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 


ROr.1',1  A   lll'.RAl.Dm^ 


245 


'ift^afiffiHM'UaC'i^jiica'^^^ 


Fig.  226.    Magalotti  anu  Rinuccini  Arms. 


Document : 

"1504.     Gio.     Filippo  de  SS"  _  ^^ 

Cassandra  di  Giuliano  APCi.e.  Maria)  di  Jac.  Rinuccmi. 
[Arch,  di  Stato.  Carte  Pucci.  sec.  XVIII.  Fani.  ^lasalotti]. 

'c  "s  V  Magalotti,  Rinuccini :  Del  ^ligHore.  Ms.  570:  Fondo  Barberino, 
Cod  Lat  267^  sec  XVII,  Fainigliae  Florentinae  alphabetico  ordme  dis- 
positae,  p.  119.'  Copied  from  Gabella  de  Contratti.  Libro  B  157.  76; 
Pucci,  Fam.  Magalotti  (Carte  Pucci  in  Arch,  di  Stato.  Florence)  ;  Rosselli, 
Sepoltuario,  I.  c.  586;  Sui)ino,  453  no.  77. 


246  ROBBIA  HERALDRY 

313  STEMMA   OF   THE   GINORI    FAMILY,      c.    1520.      Florence, 
Museo  Nazionale  (not  on  exhibition).     Photo.,  Private. 

In  the  maga::dno  of  the  Museum  is  preserved  a  ciborio  of  the  same  type 
as  the  Magalotti  ciborio. 

In  the  console,  betvv^een  two  cornucopias,  is  a  wreath  of  fruit  enclosing 
a  Tuscan  shield  (head  indented)  bearing  the  Ginori  arms:  Azure,  a 
bend  or,  charged  with  three  stars  of  eight  points  of  the  first. 

The  individual  may  have  been  Alessandro  di  Gino  di  Giuliano  Ginori, 
who  was  a  Prior  in  Florence  in  1488  and  1501,  and  Vicario  and  Commis- 
sario  at  Castiglione-Fiorentino  in  1 507. 

Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Ginori;  P..  460-461. 

314  STEMMA  OF  THE  PEPI(  ?)  OR  VANNELLI  AND  RISALITI 

FAMILIES,    c.  1520.     Fontisterni,  S.  Lorenzo. 

Below  the  console  of  a  ciborio  is  a  Tuscan  shield  bearing  the  joint  arms 
of  the  Pepi(?)  or  Vannelli  and  Risaliti  families.  The  dexter  arms  are: 
Gules  a  pale  argent,  in  chief  azure  a  label  of  Anjou.  The  sinister  arms : 
Azure,  two  lion's  paws  erased  per  saltire  argent,  are  those  of  the  Risaliti 
family.  The  dexter  arms  are  doubtfully  assigned  by  del  Migliore  to  the 
Pepi  family  and  by  Mr.  R.  G.  Mather  to  the  Vannelli  family,  although 
Mr.  Mather  was  unable  to  find  a  marriage  of  a  member  of  either  family 
with  a  Risaliti. 

Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Document : 

"In  San  Lorenzo  a  fontisterni  in  Valdarno  patronata 
de  Monaci  Valombrosiani 


Nel  tabernacolo  lo  accanto  all'  altari  Magg" 
dove  stava    il     Santiss'""  ornato  della 
terra  invetriata  della  Robbia  vi  e  q(ues)ta  arme. 
(Illustration  with  tinctures  as  above.     On  the  dexter 
sides  is  written  Credo  de  Pepi ;  on  the  sinister  Risaliti.) 
[Z.  del  Migliore.  Cod.  Cart.     Sec.  XVII,  segnato  Bibl.  Magliab.     Classe 
XXV,  Cod.  408,  c.  106.] 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Pepi.  Risaliti;  P.,  324-326;  W.,  167. 


ROr.TUA  HERALDRY 


247 


315     STEMMA  OF  THE  ALTOVITI  FAMILY,     c.    1520.     Olmeto 
(near  Rignano),  S.  Niccoli). 

On  the  console  of  a  ciborio  within  an  olive  wreatii  are  the  Altoviti  arms: 
Sable,  a  wolf  rampant  argent,  armed  and  langued  giilcs.  Many  of  the 
Altoviti  family  held  high  office  in  h'lorence  during  the  XIV,  XV  and  XVI 
centuries.  Possibly  the  individual  here  indicated  was  Francesco  di  Gugli- 
elmo  di  Bardo  Altoviti  whose  arms  in  Robbia  ware  occur  at  Lari  in  1524 
and  at  Certaldo  in  1525. 

Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 


Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Altoviti;  P.,  16- 


\V.,  12  V 


316     STEMMA  OF  GIOVANNI  DI  GIULIANO  DE'MEDICI.     1520. 
Radda,  Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,  Private. 

On  a  rectangular  frame,  plainly  moulded,  is  set  a  Medici  diamond  ring 


•'CTovA  f  .tJi  i->igR''iJX'. 
Noi*->iovKNrHoM 


Fig.  227.     Giovanni  de'  Mewci. 

enclosing  a  Tuscan  shield   (Fig.  227)   bearing  the  Medici  arms:    Or,  six 
torteaux  in  orle.    Below,  on  a  rectangular  tablet  is  inscribed : 
GIOVANNI-    DI     GIVLIA 
NO-   DI    GIOVENCHO 
DE     MEDICI-    P(ODEST)A-    1520 
Robbia  School. 


Bibl. : 


C.,  s.v.  Medici;  Litta,  VI,  s.v.  Medici;  W.,  153. 

317     STEMMA    NOT   DETERMINED,      c.    1520.      Florence,    Museo 
Nazionale,  No.  18.    Photo.,  Alinari,  3721. 


248 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


On  the  console  of  a  relief  representing  the  full  length  Madonna  seated 
on  clouds  holding  a  Christ  blessing  is  a  kite  shaped  shield  (Fig.  228)  bear- 
ing the  arms :    Azure,  a  lion's  paw  or  holding  a  branch  vert. 

Robbia  School. 

Bibl. : 

Supino,  439  no.  18. 


Fig.  228.     Not  determined. 


318     STEMMA  NOT  DETERMINED,     c.  1520.     Collina,  near  Calen- 
zano,  S.  Lucia. 

Miss  Cruttwell  records  a  polychromatic  stemma  without  specifying  de- 
tails as  in  S.  Lucia,  Collina.  Possibly  to  be  classed  with  the  altarpiece 
from  Calenzano,  now  in  the  IMuseo  di  S.  Marco,  Florence. 

Robbia  School. 


Bibl. : 
Cr.,  336. 


ROP.P.TA  HF.RAT.DRY 


249 


319     STEMMA  OF  BISHOP  GUGLIELMO   DEI   FOLCHI.      1520. 
Fiesole,  Seminario.     Photos.,  Alinari,  3292;  Brogi,  9862. 

At  eitlier  end  of  the  predella  and  at  the  summit  of  tlie  hmette  of  the 
altarpiece  representing  the  Madonna  enthroned  with  Saints,  is  a  Tuscan 
shield  (Fig.  229)  bearing  the  de  Folchi  arms:  Chequy  sable  and  argent, 
a  diminished  fess  gules  from  which  issues  an  eagle  argent  in  a  chief  sable. 
Above  the  shield  is  a  Bishop's  mitre. 


I-'iG.    229.      GUCLIELMO    FOLCHI. 


Beneath  the  ^Madonna  is  a  tablet  inscribed : 
y  GVLILEMVS  ►  DE  ►  FOL 
CHIS  ►  EP(ISCOPV)S  ►  FESVLA(N)VS 
FIERI  ►  FECIT  ►  AN(N)0 
►  D(OAn)NI  +  M-D  XX  + 


2SO  ROBBIA  HERALDRY 

The  altarpiece  was  originally  in  the  Episcopal  palace  at  Fiesole.     The 
same  family  gave  another  Bishop,  Roberto,  to  Fiesole. 
By  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Folchi. 

320  STEMMA   OF   BISHOP   GUGLIELMO   DEI   FOLCHI.      1521. 
Fiesole,  Duomo,  Over  entrance  door  (interior). 

In  a  wreath  of  continuous,  irregularly  composed  fruit  and  flowers,  on  a 
Tuscan  shield  set  on  a  blue  fluted  disk  is  the  stemma  of  Bishop  Guglielmo 
del  Folchi :  Chequy  sable  and  argent,  a  diminished  fess  gules,  from  which 
in  a  chief  sable  issues  an  eagle  argent.  The  heralds  give  the  tinctures  var- 
iously. Thus  Crollalanza  gives  chequy  argent  and  azure,  the  Priorista 
Ridolfi  gives  the  eagle  issuant  sable  on  a  chief  or. 

It  was  originally  in  the  Castello  or  Palazzo  Episcopale,  but  now  is  set 
above  the  statue  of  S.  Romolo  in  the  cathedral.     Below  that  statue  is  a 
rectangular  tablet,  originally  connected  with  the  stemma,  inscribed : 
y  TEMPORE  ►  R(EVEREN)DI  ►  EP(ISCOP)I  ►  FESVLANI  ► 
GVLIELMI  ►  DE  ►  FOLCHIS  +  M  ►  D  ►  XXI  + 

By  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C-M.,  232  No.  173;  C.,  s.v.  Folchi;  Cr.,  329;  Vas.  II,  193. 

321  STEMMA  DELLA  POTENZA  DELLA  CITTA  ROSSA.  c.  1521. 
Florence,  Piazza  S.  Ambrogio.     Photo..  Alinari,  3697. 

On  the  console  of  the  niche  containing  a  statue  of  S.  Ambrogio  is  a 
wreath  containing  the  insignia  (Fig.  230)  of  the  Potenza  della  Citta  Rossa: 
a  church  with  campanile  argent  set  within  walls  and  three  towers  gules. 

In  the  vicinity  of  the  church  of  S.  Ambrogio  resided  the  Gran  Monarcha 
della  Citta  Rossa,  i.e.  the  chief  of  the  Potenza  della  Citta  Rossa.  These 
Potenze  were  associations  organized  with  a  view  of  giving  festivals.  Their 
members  dressed  alike,  had  definite  insignia  and  held  processions,  which 
concluded  in  a  feast.  As  many  as  fifty-nine  such  organizations  are  known 
to  have  existed  during  the  fifteenth  and  sixteenth  centuries  in  Florence. 
Their  chiefs  bore  such  titles  as  L'Imperatore  del  Prato,  II  Vice-Imperatore 
di  Camaldoli,  II  Gran  Monarcha  della  Citta  Rossa  da  S.  Ambrogio  &c. 
There  were  ten  with  the  title  II  Re,  ten  with  that  of  Duca,  and  so  on.  By 
J 629  their  extravagancies  led  to  their  abolition. 

By  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

Bigazzi,  13-17;  Fantozzi,  Guida  artisttca  di  Firenze. 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


251 


Fig.  230.     PoTENZA  della  Citta  Rossa. 


322     STEMMA  OF  THE  DELLA  ROVERE  FAMILY,    c.  1521.    Cor- 
nocchio,  S.  Agata.     Photo.,  Private. 

On  the  predella  of  an  aUarpiece  of  the  Madonna,  Child  and  S.  Giovan- 
nino  are  two  late  Tuscan  shields  with  apices  rolled  forward.  The  dexter 
shield  is  charged :  Acitrc,  a  tree  eradicated  or;  the  sinister  shield :  or,  an 
eagle  displayed  sable. 

Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C-M.,  253  No.  309;  C.,  s.v.  Rovere  di  Urbino. 


252  ROBBIA  HERALDRY 

323  STEMMA  OF  FILIPPO  DI  TOMMASO  PANICO.     1521.    Flor- 
ence, Museo  Nazionale,  No.  23.     Photos.,  Alinari,  2776;  Brogi,  9500. 

At  either  end  of  the  predella  of  the  altarpiece  of  the  Nativity,  No.  25,  is 
a  Tuscan  shield,  with  a  divided  head,  bearing  the  Panichi  arms :  Gules,  a 
griffin  segreant  or  debruised  of  a  bend  sable. 

To  the  left  of  the  predella  is  a  tabella  aitsata  inscribed:  y  HOC  ► 
OPVS  ►  FECIT  FIERE  PHILIPPVS  ►  THOME  PHILIPPI  ►  DE 
PANICHIS^  AN(N)0  D(OMI)NI  M^D^XXI ;  to  the  right  another 
tablet  is  inscribed  :  HOC  OPVS  ►  FECIT  ►  IOA(NN)ES  ANDREE  ► 
DE  ►  ROBIA  ►  AC  ►  APOSVIT  ►  HOC  ►  IN  TEMPORE  DIE 
►  VLTIMA  ►  LVLII  AN(N)0  D(OMI)NI  ►  IM^D^XXI  + 

Lest  we  should  forget,  the  donor  had  the  predella  also  inscribed ;  HOC  • 
OPVS-  FECIT  FIERI-  PHILIPPVS-  DICTVS  THOME  PANICVS 
and  AN(N)0  MDXXI  •  Thus  we  are  assured  that  Filippo  di  Tommaso 
di  Filippo  Panico  ordered  the  altarpiece  and  that  it  was  made  in  1521. 

By  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C-M.,   123,  132-134;  C,  238;  Rosselli,  Scpoltiiario,  I,  460;  Supino, 
441  No.  25. 

324  STEMMA  OF  LODO\TCO  GIANDONATI.     1521.     Pescia,  Pa- 
lazzo Pretorio.    Photo..  Private. 

Within  a  wreath  of  continuous,  triplex  bunches  of  fruit  and  flowers  set 
on  a  blue  disk  is  a  yellow  bordered,  beribboned  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  231) 
with  indented  apices,  bearing  the  Giandonati  arms :  Per  fess,  argent  and 
gules. 


Fig.  231.     LoDovico  Gi.\ndon.ati. 


ROBBIA  HERM.DRY  253 

Below  is  a  cherub  head  siqjporting  a  tabcHa  ansata  inscribed: 
7  LODOVICO 
DI   LODOVICO 
GIANDONATI 

y  V(iCARi)0  y  MDXX  y  e  mdxxi 

Lodovico  di  Lodovici  Giandonati  liad  been  Capitano  and  Commissario 
at  Cutigliano  in  1508. 

Ateher  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Giandonati;  P.,  750. 

325  STEMMA   OF  THE   SESTINI   FAMILY,     c.    1521.     Bibbiena, 
S.  Maria  del  Sasso.     Photo.,  Alinari,  9774. 

At  either  end  of  the  predella  of  the  Ecce  Homo  altarpiece  is  a  Tuscan 
sliield  (Fig.  232),  with  indented  head,  displaying  the  arms:  Azure,  a  pair 
of  open  compasses  or  above  a  mount  of  six  tops  of  the  same.  The  Prior 
of  the  church  writes  to  Mr.  Alather  that  these  are  the  arms  of  the  Sestini 
family  of  Bibbiena. 

Although  the  frame  of  the  altarpiece  resembles  that  of  the  Nuccarello 
altarpiece  (1502)  in  the  collection  of  Mr.  J.  S.  Morgan,  Paris,  the  grot- 
teschi  of  the  predella  and  of  the  types  of  the  shields  indicate  a  somewhat 
later  date. 

By  Santi  Buglioni. 

Bibl. : 

Beni,  327;  C-M.,  255  No.  321. 

326  STEMMA  OF  CITTA  DI  CASTELLO.    c.  1521.    Citta  di  Castello, 
S.  Cecilia.     Photo.,  Alinari,  4824. 

In  the  left  corner  of  the  lunette  of  the  Adoration  of  the  Magi  is  a  French 
shield  bearing  the  Citta  di  Castello  arms :  Per  pale,  dexter  argent,  a  cross 
gules;  sinister  gules  a  tower  proper:  a  chief  o'crt  LIBERTAS  or.  Above 
all,  according  to  Mr.  Mather,  is  a  Leo  X  chief,  probably  to  commemorate 
a  visit  of  that  Pope  to  Citta  di  Castello.  According  to  Director  D.  Man- 
cini  this  super  chief  contains  the  arms  of  the  Marches!  del  Monte  S.  Maria, 
who  held  vast  possessions  in  this  district. 

By  Santi  Buglioni. 

Bibl. : 

Amati,  Die.  Cor..  II.  11 18;  Graziani,  153:  Guardabassi,  49. 


254 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


■■wrsm 


Fig.  232.     Sestini  da  Bibbiena. 

327     STEMMA    OF    ANDREA    DI    TOMMASO    SERTINI.      1521. 
Poppi,  Castello,  cortile.     Photo.,  Alinari,  9791. 

Within  a  triplex  braid  of  oak  stems  flaming  at  the  joints,  intertwined 
with  fruited  ivy,  and  an  tgg  and  dart  moulding,  set  on  a  fluted  disk  is  an 
oval  shield  (Fig.  233)  bearing  the  Sertini  arms:  Gules,  a  bend  and  bend 
sinister  in  Saltire  argent,  angled  by  four  stars  of  the  second,  a  chief  azure 
with  label  of  Anjou. 

Below,  a  winged  cupid  unfolds  a  curved  scroll,  which  terminates  in 
spiral  cones,  inscribed : 

ANDREAS   THOMASI 

DESERTINIS-    VIC(ARI)VS-     M-D  XXI 


KOBRIA   Ill'.RAI.DRY 


-'55 


Fig.  -j.i.     A  ukka  Sertini. 

Andrea  di  Tomniaso  di  Bartolo  di  Toniniaso  di  Sertino  Sertini  became 
a  Prior  of  Florence  in  1527. 
Robbia  School,  or  Modern. 

Bibl. : 

P.,  601:  R.,  D.  R.,  278;  W.,  174. 

328     STEiMMA  OF  PIERO  ZANOBI  MARIGNOLLI.     1521.     Pistoia, 
Palazzo  Publico. 


Within  a  rectangular  frame  surrounded  by  yellow  and  white  egg  and 
dart  moulding,  set  against  a  blue  ground  is  a  Tuscan  shield  bearing  the 
Alarignolli  arms :     Per  fess  embattled,  sable  and  grey,  with  bordure  or. 
Below  is  a  rectangular  tabclla  ansata  with  dark  border  inscribed: 
PIERO    DI    ZAN 
OBI-     DI    PIERO 
MARIGNIOLLI 
PO(DEST)A  M-D-XXI 
Zanobio  !Marignolli  was  Prior  of  Florence  in  1439  when  John  Palaeolo- 
gus  was  in  Florence  for  the  Council. 
Atelier  of  Santi  Buglioni. 


256  ROBBIA  HERALDRY 

Bibl. : 

Both  Crollalanza,  s.v.  IMarigiioIli.  and  Wills,  152,  give  the  Marignolli 
arms  as  Or,  a  fess  sable. 

329  STEMMA  OF  GUIDO  MAGALOTTI.     1522.    Castrocaro. 

In  the  Biblioteca  Chigiana,  G,  V.  139  a  c.  1106  of  Cav.  F.  Cesare  Maga- 
lotti's  Notizie  di  varic  FamigUc  ItaUanc,  under  the  heading  "Delia  Robbia 
fiorentini"  are  found  the  following  statements:  "1514.  Andrea  facea  in 
firenze  teste  di  greta.  Pier  fr(ances)co  figl(i)o.  And  (re)  a  d(ett)o  riceve 
danari  da  Guido  Magalotti  per  far  certe  teste  di  greta 

1522.  d(ett)o  riceve  denari  dal  med(esi)mo  p(er)  far  la  sua  arnie  a 
Castrocaro." 

Unfortunately  this  stemma,  executed  by  Pier  Francesco  (Fra  Ambro- 
gio)  but  credited  to  Andrea  della  Robbia,  is  no  longer  to  be  found  at 
Castrocaro,  and  its  whereabouts  is  unknown,  although  a  careful  search 
was  made  for  it  by  Sig.  Giovanni  ]\Iini,  Inspector  of  Monuments  at  Cas- 
tracaro. 

The  Magalotti  arms  are:  Barrv  sable  and  or,  in  a  chief  gules  the  motto 
LIBERTAS  or. 

Guido  di  Bese  di  Guido  ]\Iagalotti  was  married  in  1508  to  Saracina  di 
Rafifaello  di  Messer  Agnolo  di  Jacopo  di  Messer  Donate  Acciaiuoli.  He 
was  Capitano  di  Castracaro  in  1522,  and  later  Vicario  di  Pescia.  He  was 
a  Prior  in  Florence  in  1520.  1523  and  1524. 

By  Fra  Ambrogio  della  Robbia  for  Andrea  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

Albori  di  Famiglie  di  Firenze  e  di  Siena.     Bib.     Chigiana  G.  VIII. 
191.    Cod.  Carte  sec.  XVII:  C,  s.v.  Magalotti:  P..  66-70;  W.,  151. 

330  STEMMA  OF  FRANCESCO  DI  PIERO  CANIGIANI.     1522. 
Radda,  Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  rectangular,  nearly  square,  tablet  framed  by  an  tgg  and  dart 
moulding,  set  on  a  flat  plate  is  a  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  234)  with  a  pointed 
head,  bearing  the  Canigiani  arms:  Argent,  a  crescent  acnre,  in  chief  a 
label  gules. 

Below,  on  a  framed  rectangular  tablet  is  inscribed : 

y  FRANCESCO  DI 

PIERO  DIDANIE 

LLO    CHANIGANI 

P(ODEST)A-    M-D-XXI-    E-    MD 

►XXII  +  '^ 


ROBl'.IA   1 1  1':R.'\LDRY 


257 


Francesco  cli  Danicllo  di  Lui.qi  di  Piero  di  Dato  di  Messer  Andrea  di 
Giuseppe  Canignani  became  Prior  of  Florence  in  1525. 
Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 


Bibl. 


C.,  s.v.  Canigiani;  P.,  10-13:  \V.,  133. 


Fig.  234.     Francesco  Canigiani. 

331     STEMMA  OF  ARCANGELO  DI  LORENZO  SPIGLIATI.     1522. 
Florence,  Museo  Nazionale.  Xo.  42.     Photo.,  Private. 


On  a  painted  plaque  (Fig.  235)  a  beribboned  tournament  shield  bears 
the  Spigliati  arms:  Giilcs.  a  tower  argent  surmounted  by  two  lions  ram- 
pant or. 


Fig.  235.     .•\K(.:-\ncf.i.o   Si'ici.iati. 


258  ROBBIA  HERALDRY 

Around  the  arms  is  inscribed :  S(ER)  ARCHANGIOLO  DI  LORE- 
(N)ZO  SPIGLIATI  A  E  SVORVM  A  AN(NO)  ►  S(ALVATORIS)  A 
i\>D  XXII  +  '^ 

Several  members  of  the  Spigliati  family  were  Priors  of  Florence  in  the 
XIV  century. 

Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

Cr.,  338;  P.,  558;  Supino,  446  no.  42. 


332  STEMMA  OF  GIOVACHINO  MACINGHI  AND  OF  CASTEL- 
LO  DI  VINCI.  1523.  Paris,  Lowengard  Gallery  (formerly).  Pho- 
to., Private. 

In  the  centre  of  the  predella  of  an  altarpiece  representing  the  Madonna, 
Child,  and  S.  Giovannino,  is  a  wreath  of   fruit  and  flowers  enclosing  a 
Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  236),  with  indented  head  and  scalloped  sides,  bearing 
the  Macinghi  arms :    Gules,  three  moons  increscent,  two  and  one,  crossed 
by  a  bend  a::urc  charged  with  three  lilies  or.     The  individual  referred  to  is 
Giovachino  di  Filippo  Macinghi  as  indicated  by  the  inscription : 
TAL   TEMPO  ►DI 
GIOVACCHINO 
MACIGNI  + 

J'P(ODEST)A^AN(N)O^D(OMI)NI^NO 
STRI  ►  IH(ES)V  ►  XR(IST)I 
►  M^D^XXIII  + 
At  each  end  of  the  predella  is  a  coat  of  arms  of  the  town  where  Giova- 
chino Alacinghi  was  Podesta:  Argent,  a  castle  embattled  and  with  a  tower 
gules.     Various  towns  had  arms  more  or  less  resembling  these,  but  the 
records  show  that  Giovachino  Macinghi  was  Podesta  in  1523  at  the  Cas- 
tello  di  Vinci.     He  had  been  a  Capitano  at  Livorno  in  1502  and  Podesta  at 
Fiesole  and  Sesto  in  1503.     At  Vinci  a  Niccolo  di  Carlo  di  Zanobi  Ma- 
cinghi was  Podesta  in  1472. 

By  Giovanni  della  Robbia.  ' 

Document : 

"Potas  Vincis  Cu  Duobus  Notarijs 

Tribus  famulis  Cu  sal(ario) 

uno  equo  lib.  500  a  d(i)c(t)a 

p(otestate) 
Jhoachinus  filippi  Johachinj   d(e)    macinghis  p(er)    6  mensibus   22 
Junii  1523" 


ROnrj A   ITF.R  \T.11RV 


259 


l-li;.   .'J(),      (.lo\  \(  HlMi  Macinghi. 

[Arch,  di  Stato.  Registrum  Extrinseconim,  1 505-1 529,  segnato  Tratte 
Cod.  71  c.  61.] 

Bibl. : 

Angelelli,  ccxli ;  C,  ]\Iacinghi ;  Deneken,  Z.  /.  ch.  L\.  VI  (1893),  354: 
P.,  707-708;  W.,  150. 

333  STEAOIA  OF  JACOPO  DI  MESSER  BONGIANNI  GIANFIG- 
LIAZZI.  1523.  Lari.  Castello,  cortile.  Photos.,  .Minari.  8709; 
Noack,  62. 

Within  a  lieavv  wreath  of  fruit  and  flowers  and  an  inner  egg  and  dart 
moulding,  set  against  a  wliite  fluted  disk  is  a  Tuscan  shield  with  apices 


26o  ROBBIA  HERALDRY 

bent  forward,  sides  scalloped,  bearing  the  Gianfigliazzi  arms :    Or,  a  lion 
rampant,  aaurc  (armed  and  langued  gules). 

Below  a  cherub  unfolds  a  slightly  curved  scroll  inscribed: 
JlACOPO^bl 
M(ESSER)     BONGIANI 
GIANFIGLIAZI 

V(I )C(ARI)0  ►  M^  D^  XXIII  +  '^ 
Below  this  a  tabclla  aiisata  bears  the  following  inscription: 
J'ERO  CASA^CADVCA^ABIECTA^E  VILEM 
(N)IA  ACCAVO  ►  RVINA  ►  ADOGI(0)VENTO 
IN  ►  ME  NO(N)ERA  ►  LOGGIA  ►  NE  CORTILE 
MA  OG(G)I^  STANZAS  PIENA^DI   SPAV(EN)TO 
HOR  ►  SVRGHO  ►  COME  COSA  ►  SIGNORILE 
NO(N)    FV  ►  DAL  CIEL  ►  FAVOR  ►  MAI  TARDO  ►  OLIETO 
PER  GRATIAM  ►  DEST(O)  ►  NOBIL(E)  ►  GIA(N)FIGLIAZZO 
DI  VIL  ►  TEGVRIO  ►  DIVENTO  PALAZZO 

Jacopo  di  Messer  Bongianni  di  Bongianni  di  Giovanni  Gianfigliazzi  was 
a  Prior  of  Florence  in  1510,  1516  and  1529.  and  Gonfaloniere  in  1514. 
By  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C.,  Gianfigliazzi;  P.,  466-469;  W.,  142. 


334     STEMMA  OF  FRANCESCO  DI  CARLO  PITTI.     1523.     Cer- 
taldo,  Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,  Alinari,  8584. 

Within  a  continuous  wreath  of  chiefly  triplex  bunches  of  fruit  and  flow- 
ers, and  an  inner  egg  and  dart  moulding,  set  on  a  fluted  disk  is  a  Tuscan 
shield  (Fig.  2^1'^)  bearing  the  Pitti  arms:    Barry  nebuly,  sable  and  argent. 
Below,  a  tabella  atisaia,  with  seated  cherubs  (on  one  side  missing),  is 
inscribed : 

>FRA(N)C(ESC)O^DI  CARLO 
PITTI  ►  VIC(ARI)0 
MDXXII    E  ►  MDXXIII  ► 
Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Pitti ;  P.,  54-57  ;W.,  165. 


ROP.P.T A  TIERAl.DKV 


261 


l-iG.  J37.     Francesco  Pitti. 

335     STE^IMA  OF  THE  MICHELOZZI  FAMILY,     c.   1523-     Flor- 
ence, Bardini  Collecticn.   (formerly).     Photo.,  Private. 

From  the  Frescobaldi  collection  this  medallion  passed  to  the  possession 

of  Sig.  Bardini.  ,    ,•  ,    ■        1  (. 

Within  an  irre^-uIarly  composed  fruit  frame  on  unglazed  disk  is  a  late 
Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  238)  bearing  the  Michelozzi  arms:  Per  bend  argent 
and  ^ulcs  mounts  of  six  tops,  each  surmounted  by  a  star  counterchanged. 

Various  members  of  this  family  held  high  oft^ce  in  Florence. 


Fig.  238.     Michelozzi  .'\rms. 


Robbia  School. 

Bibl. :  ,  ^ 

Bardini   Sale  of    190-'.   Cat.,   No.   506,   Plate,   no  number.     C,   s.v 
Michelozzi;  P.,  666-667:  \^^,  I55.  gives  the  arms  as  Per  bend  argent 
and  asure  etc. 

336  STEMMA  OF  THE  L'ARTE  DEI  MEDICI  E  DEGLI  SPEZI- 
ALI.  1524.  Berlin,  Kaiser  Friedrich  Museum,  Xo.  122.  Photo., 
Museum. 


262  ROBBIA  HERALDRY 

This  medallion  was  secured  with  the  Bartholdi  collection  in  1828.  It 
represents  the  arms  of  the  Guild  of  Doctors  and  Apothecaries,  the  Ma- 
donna enthroned  in  a  tabernacle  with  lilies  on  each  side.  She  is  clad  in  a 
violet  robe  with  a  mantle  of  blue  lined  green,  is  seated  on  a  throne  whose 
sides  are  adorned  with  sphinxes  (cf.  Cornocchio),  is  supporting  on  her 
right  knee  a  nude  Child  blessing,  and  is  protected  by  a  maroon  coloured 
tabernacle,  which  resembles  that  at  S.  Barnaba.  Outside  on  either  side  are 
lily  plants. 

Below  is  inscribed : 

J'A^D^M^D^XXIIII  ME(N)SIS  MAII 

The  frame  consists  of  an  inner  egg  and  dart  moulding  and  an  outer  con- 
tinuous garland  of  triplex  bunches  of  fruit  and  flowers  and  an  occasional 
small  animal. 

Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

B-Tsch.,  45  No.  138:  C-M.,  262  No.  359;  Cr.,  333;  Franceschini,  22; 
Schottmiiller,  52,  No.  122. 

337  STEMMA  OF   THE   DOCTORS  AND   APOTHECARIES,      c. 
1524.     Florence.     S.  Barnaba.     Photos.,  Alinari,  3683;  Brogi,  4728. 

Over  the  entrance  of  the  church  is  the  stemma  of  the  Doctors  and  Apothe- 
caries :  the  Madonna  enthroned  in  a  tabernacle.  The  tabernacle  is  rep- 
resented by  violet  twisted  columns  with  dolphin  capitals  supporting  a  stone 
arch.  The  Madonna  in  a  violet  robe  and  blue  mantle  is  seated  on  an 
acanthus  decorated  bench,  holding  the  Child  clothed  in  green,  standing  on 
a  cushion.  The  predella,  constructed  like  that  of  the  Magalotti  ciborio,  is 
inscribed:  SVB  GVBER(N)ATIO(N)E  ARTIS  AROMATAR(I)- 
OR(VM) 

The  Aromatarii  were  incorporated  in  the  Guild  of  Doctors  and  Apothe- 
caries to  whom  the  church  of  S.  Barnaba  belonged. 

Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

Bigazzi,  20:  Richa,  VII.  57;  Staley,  236-273. 

338  STEMMA  OF  GIROLAMO  D' ATT  A  VI A  NO  GERINI.     1524. 
Borgo  San  Lorenzo,  Municipio.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  continuous  wreath  irregularly  composed  of  fruit  and  flowers 
set  against  a  fluted  disk  was  once  a  shield  now  effaced. 


ROI'.RIA   Ill'.I^XLDKV 


263 


Below,  on  a  curved  scroll,  is  inscribed : 

r  AL  TE-MPO^^DI    I'lERO 

DI    GERIXO^'GERINI  J'P(ODEST)A 

MCCCCI^'E    GIROLA 

MO  y  DATTAVIANO 

SVO  y  NEPOTE  J  M  y  D  J  X 

XIII  >E    M^'D^XXlllIi*.' 
The  missing  arms  were:    Gules,  three  chains  bcndwise  or.  a  chief  of  the 
second  with  a  hunting  horn  of  the  tirst. 

Piero  di  Gerino  di   Dino  Gerini  became  a   Prior  of   Morence  in    1420 
and  Girolamo  d'Attaviano  di  Picro  was  a  Prior  in  1500  and  1503. 
Atelier  of  Giovanni  dclla  Rohlna. 


Bibl. : 

C.,  s.v.  Gerini:  P.,  755-73''>;  W 


141. 


339    ste;\lma  of  raffaello  di  paxdoefo  corbinelli. 

1524.    Certaldo,  Palazzo  Pretorio.    Photo.,  Alinari,  8534. 

Within  a  wreath  composed  of  triplex  Inmches  of  fruit  and  flowers  and 
an  inner  egg  and  dart  moulding,  set  against  a  fluted  disk  is  a  Tuscan  shield 
(Fig.  239)  bearing  the  Corbinelli  arms:  Azure,  a  stag  salient  argent.  Be- 
tween the  forelegs  of  the  stag  an  escutcheon  gules,  bearing  a  cross  crosslet. 


Fig.   239.    .R.\FFAELLO   Corbinelli. 


Below,  a  winged  cherub  unfolds  a  curved  scroll  inscribed: 

y  raphaello 

DI    PAXDOLFO 
CORBIXELLI 

\'ir(  ART  lO  A  MADXXITIT  ^'^ 


264  ROBBIA  HERALDRY 

Rafaello  di  Pandolfo  Corbinelli  was  a  Prior  of  Florence  in  1515  and 
1518. 

Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Corbinelli:  P.,  139-142;  W.,  136. 

340     STEMMA  OF  GIOVANNI  DI  NERI  PITTI.     1524.     Galluzzo, 
Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  continuous  wreath  irregularly  composed  of  fruit  and  wheat, 
set  against  a  flat  plate  is  a  beribboned  Tuscan  shield   (Fig.   240)   with 


Fig.  240.     Giovanni  Pitti. 


pendent  lily  at  its  head,  displaying  the  Pitti  arms:     Barry  nebuly  sable 
and  argent. 

Below,  a  cherub  unfolds  a  scroll  inscribed : 
J' GIOVANNI-    DI 
NERI  •     DI  •     PI  ERA 
NTONIO-     PITTI 
P(ODEST)A:    MDXXIIII  + 
Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

Carocci,  Ganu::co.  39;  C.,  s.v.  Pitti:  P.,  54-57:  W.,  165. 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY  265 

341     STEMMA    OF    FRANCESCO    DI    GUGLIELMO    ALTOVITI. 

15J4.     Lari,  Castello,  cortile.     Photo.,  Alinari,  S-oS. 

Within  a  wreath  of  heavy  fruil  and  Howers  and  an  egg  and  dart  mould- 
ing, set  against  a  blue  fluted  disk  is  a  Tuscan  shield  bearing  the  Altoviti 
arms:  Sable,  a  wolf  rampant,  argent  (armed  and  langued  gules). 
Below,  a  cherub  unfolds  a  curved  scroll  inscribed: 
AL  TEMPO     DI    FR 
ANCESCHOJ'DI    G 
HVLGLIELiMO  y  AL 
TOVITI  y  V(ICARI)0  ^  iM  T  D  ^^  X 
XIII   E  M^D^XXIIIlJt' 
Francesco  di  Guglielmo  di  Bardo  di  Guglielmo  Altoviti  Ijecame  a  Prior 
of  Florence  in  1524. 

Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Altoviti;  P.,  16-22;  W.,  125. 


342     STEMMA  OF  LORENZO  DI  FRANCESCO  DELLA  STUFA. 
1524.    Lari,  Castello,  cortile.     Photos.,  x'Minari,  8709;  Noack,  62. 

Within  a  wreath  of  heavy,  triplex,  continuous  bunches  of  fruit  and  flow- 
ers, set  between  an  inner  egg  and  dart  and  an  outer  leaf  and  dart  moulding, 
against  a  mottled  violet  disk  is  a  Tuscan  shield  bearing  the  Delia  Stufa 
arms:  Argent,  two  lions  combatant,  or  (here  brown),  in  chief  a  cross 
couped  gules. 

Below,  a  cherub  unrolls  a  slightly  curved  scroll  inscribed : 
LORENZO  y  DI  FR 
ANCESCHO  J'  DI  L 
ORENZO  y  DALLA 
STVFA  y  V(ICARI)0  y  M  y  DXXIIII 
Lorenzo  di  Francesco  di  Lorenzo  di  Andrea  della  Stufa  had  been  a 
Prior  in  Florence  in  15 13  and  in  1523.     His  father  was  ambassador  to 
Volterra  in  1464  and  1478. 
By  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Lotteringhi  della  Stufa;  P.,  403-405;  W.,  176. 


Z; 
< 


ROlilUA  ill-:RALl)KV  267 

343  STE}.[i\[A  OF  XICCOI.c^  1)1  TOMMASO  AXTINORI.  c.  1524. 
Brooklyn.  Museum  of  tlic   Brooklyn  Institute.     Photo.,  Private. 

At  each  end  of  the  kuiette  of  the  Resurrection  is  a  medallion  (Fig.  241) 
framed  with  an  egg  and  dart  moulding  and  hearing  the  Antinori  arms: 
Or,  a  cliief  lozengy  of  azure  and  of  the  field.  This  relief  came  from  the 
Antinori  villa  at  Colomhali  known  as  Le  Rose,  which  was  purchased  by 
Niccoio  Antinori  in  1487.  Xiccolo  di  Tommaso  di  Bernardo  Antinori  was 
a  Prior  in  I'^lorence  in  148,^,  1407,  1301,  and  Gonfaloniere  in  15 14.  He 
is  represented  as  a  donor  with  fulded  hands  in  this  relief. 

Bihl. : 

C,  s.v.  Antinori:  M.,  />.   R.  A.,  106-TII,  Fig.  44:  P.,  516-517:  W., 
126. 

344  STEAOIA  OF  XICCOLO  AXTIXORL  c.  1524.  Florence,  Villa 
Antinori  (Le  Rose). 

Within  a  polychromatic  garland  of  fruit  and  flowers  and  an  inner  egg 
and  dart  moulding  set  against  a  white  Huted  disk  are  the  arms  of  Niccoio 
Antinori:    Or,  a  chief  lozengy  of  azure  and  of  the  field. 

Bibl. : 

Same  as  preceding. 

345  STEMMA  OF  THE  CEPPO  HOSPITAL  AND  OF  S.  MARIA 
XUOVA.  1525.  Pistoia,  Ceppo  Hospital.  Photos.,  Alinari.  10253- 
10254;  Brogi,  4548-4550. 

The  Ceppo  Hospital  at  Pistoia  was  an  offshoot  of  the  hospital  of  S. 
Maria  Nuova,  Florence.  Its  loggia,  decorated  with  medallions  by  Gio- 
vanni della  Robbia,  was  contracted  for  in  15 12,  but  one  of  the  medallions 
is  dated  1525.  On  the  short  side  to  the  left,  also  on  the  fa(;ade  on  thd 
left  corner,  are  half  medallions  (Fig.  242)  each  having  a  coat  of  arms 
which  indicates  that  the  Ceppo  was  an  offshoot  of  S.  Maria  Nuova.  On 
a  kite  shaped  shield  is  painted,  not  modelled,  the  arms :  Per  fess,  in  chief 
argent  a  mount  of  six  olive  stumps  proper  with  sprouts  vert,  the  central 
stump  showing  two  superposed  crutches ;  in  a  base  azure  is  a  crutch  vert 
with  brown  handle.  The  shield  is  set  against  a  blue  fluted  disk  which  is 
surrounded  by  an  egg  and  dart  moulding  and  a  garland  of  continuous, 
quinqueplex  bunches  of  fruit  and  flowers. 

By  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

M.,  A.  J.  A.,  XXII  (i()i8),  365-;/)7:  The  Brhkhuilder  II  (1902),  222 


268  ROBBIA  HERALDRY 

346     STEMMA  OF  PISTOIA.     1525.     Pistoia,  Ceppo  Hospital.     Pho- 
tos., Alinari,  10253-10254;  Brogi,  4548-4550. 

On  tlie  left  short  side  of  the  hospital  porch  at  the  right  corner,  and  in  a 
similar  position  on  the  facade,  are  half  medallions  (Fig.  243)  containing 
the  stemma  of  Pistoia:    Chequy,  argent  and  sable.     The  shield  is  kite 


Fig.  242.    OsPEDALE  del  Ceppo.  Fig.  243.    City  of  Pistoia. 

shaped,  set  against  a  blue  fluted  disk  and  surrounded  by  a  fruit  garland 
composed  of  continuous,  quinqueplex  bunches  of  fruit  and  flowers. 
By  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

Same  as  preceding. 

347  STEMMA  OF  THE  CEPPO  HOSPITAL  OF  PISTOLS.     1525. 
Pistoia,  Ceppo  Hospital.     Photo.,  Alinari,  10276. 

On  the  faqade  of  the  porch  of  the  Ceppo  Hospital  within  a  wreath  of 
continuous,  quinqueplex  bunches  of  fruit  interspersed  with  flowers,  and  an 
inner  egg  and  dart  moulding  is  a  frieze  of  Pistoia:  Chequy,  argent  and 
sable,  surrounding  a  blue  fluted  disk  against  which  is  set  a  late  Tuscan 
shield  (Fig.  244)  bearing  the  Ceppo  Hospital  arms,  now  fully  developed: 
Or,  a  mount  of  eleven  olive  stumps  with  sprouts  proper. 

By  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 
Carocci,  A.  I.  D.  I.,  V  (1896),  Taf.  21 ;  C-M.,  243  No.  235 ;  Cr.,  247; 
M.,  A.  J.  A.,  XXII  (1918),  365-367;  The  BrickbuUder.  II  ( 1902),  223. 

348  STEMMA  OF  THE  MEDICI  FAMILY.     1525.     Pistoia,  Ceppo 
Hospital.    Photo.,  Alinari,  10277. 

On  the  fagade  of  the  porch  of  the  Ceppo  Hospital  toward  the  right  is 
a  medallion  with  the  stemma  of  the  Medici  family  (Fig.  245).     The  gar- 


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269 


land  is  composed  of  continuous,  quuuiucplcx  InuK-lus  ol  iruU  and  llowers, 
amongst  which  is  a  h.ard  and  a  frog.  Within  it  is  an  egg  and  ch.rt  mould- 
ing and  an  ungla.ed  disk,  pauUcd  red  with  white  border,  agan.s  winch 
a  late  Tuscan  shield  with  bordure  and  cnvex  centre.  l>earmg  the  Med.ci 
arms-  Or  five  torteaux  in  orle.  in  chief  a  hurt  charged  with  three  hhes  or. 
Messer  Buonafede.  the  first  Spedalingo  of  the  h<,sp,tal,  who  m  1 512  or- 
dered the  loggia  built,  was  a  friend  of  the  Medici.  At  that  tune  one  of  the 
Medici.  Leo  X.  was  on  the  Papal  throne.  In  i.S-'S  another,  Clement  VII, 
was  Pope. 


Bibl. : 

See  preceding. 


Fig.  245.    OsPEu.\LE  del  Ceppo. 

349  STEMMA  OF  BONGIANNI  DI  GHERARDO  GIANFIGLIAZZI 
AND  CATERINA  DI  PIERO  ADIMARI.  c.  1525-  New  York, 
Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art,  Diam.,  1.92m. 

Within  a  polychromatic  frame  composed  of  quinqueplex  groups  of  fruit, 
flowers,  and  animalculi.  and  an  inner  white  egg  and  dart  moulding,  is  a 
white  fluted  shell  containing  a  beribboned  late  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  246) 
with  the  arms  of  Bongianni  Gianfigliazzi  and  Caterina  Adimari.  The 
dexter  arms  are  those  of  the  Gianfigliazzi :  Or.  a  lion  rampant  azure. 
The  sinister  arms  are  those  of  the  Adimari  family:    Per  fess  or,  (chief) 


2/0 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


and  azure  (base).     The  marriage  of  Bongianni  and  Caterina  took  place  in 
1509,  but  this  stemma  appears  to  be  of  somewhat  later  date. 
By  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 
Document : 

"Bongianni  di  Gherardo  di  Messer  Bongianni  Gianfigliazzi 
Caterina  di  Piero  Adimari  1509." 
[Arch,  di  Stato,  Carte  Pucci,  Sec.  XVIII.     Albero  della  Famiglia  Gian- 
figliazzi.] 

Bibl. : 

Bardini  Sale  of  1918,  Cat..  No.  374;  C,  s.v.  Adimari,  Gianfigliazzi; 
P.,  129;  466-468;  W.,  124,  142. 


Fig.  24.S,     Medici  Arms. 


350     STEMMA  OF  THE  SEGNI  FAMILY,     c.  1525.     Lari,  Cappella 

del  Castello.     Photo.,  Alinari,  871 1. 


At  the  base  of  the  frame,  also  within  a  laurel  wreath  on  the  console 
(Fig.  247)  of  a  relief  of  the  Madonna  and  Child,  are  repetitions  of  the 
Segni  arms :  Azure,  a  fess  or  between  three  roses  of  the  same,  two  in 
chief,  one  in  base.    These  are  blazoned  on  late  Tuscan  shields. 

In  the  courtyard  of  the  Castello  may  be  seen  the  same  arms  above  a 
tablet  inscribed  with  the  name  of  Alessandro  di  Piero  di  Mariotto  Segni, 
Vicario  in  1524  and  1525.  The  shields  on  the  small  altarpiece  appear  to 
be  slightly  earlier  in  type  and  may  indicate  that  it  was  the  gift  of  Piero 


ROP.RIA  HERALnRY 


271 


Fig.  246.     GiANFiGLiAzzi  AND  Adimari;  Arms. 

di  Mariotto  Segni.     Piero  was  Prior  in  Florence  in  1470  and  1484,  Ales- 
sandro  in  1503. 

Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Segni ;  P.,  488-4S9. 


351     STEMMA  OF  ALESSANDRO  DI  PIERO  SEGNI.     1525.    Lari, 
Castello,  cortile.    Photo.,  Private. 


Within  a  rectangular  frame  surrounded  Iiy  an  egg  and  dart  moulding  is 
set  against  violet  background  a  late  Tuscan  shield  with  indented  apices  and 
bulging  centre  bearing  the  Segni  arms :  Azure,  a  fess  or  witli  three  roses 
of  the  same,  two  in  chief,  one  in  base. 


272 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


Fig.  247.     Segni   Arms. 

Below,  is  a  rectangular,  framed  tablet  inscribed : 

ALES(S)  ANDRO  ^  DI  PI 

ERO^'DI    MARIOT 

TO  >  SEGNI  :f  VI(CARIO)  ^  M 

^DJ'XXIIIIJ'E  XXV 
Alessandro  di  Piero  di  Mariotto  di  Piero  di  Mariotto  di  Francesco  di 
Giovanni  di  Ser  Segna  Segni  was  a  Prior  of  Florence  in  1503. 
Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 


Bibl. : 

Same  as  the  preceding. 


ROBF'.IA   1I1':R.UJ)RY 


273 


352     STEMMA  OF  ANTONIO  DI  GUGLIELMO  DEI  PAZZI.     1525. 
S.  Giovanni  in  Valdarno.     Palazzo  Pretorio.     Plioto.,  Private. 

Unframed,  on  a  late  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  248)  are  the  Pazzi  arms: 
Azure,  two  dolphins  hauriant,  emhowed,  addorsed  or,  and  five  crosses, 
botonny,  fitched,  of  the  same. 


I'lb.  248.      Aniomu    I'A/Zli 

Below  is  a  rectangular  tablet,  framed  with  plain  mouldings,  inscribed . 
J' ANTONIO  DI 
GVGLIELMO    DE 

PAZZI  ►  V(I)C(ARI)0  ►  M^D^XXV 
Antonio  di  Guglielmo  di  Antonio  di  Messer  Andrea  dei  Pazzi  was  born 
in  1460,  became  a  banker  in  Rome,  was  Prior  in  Florence  in  15 16,  Gonfa- 
loniere  in  1521,  Vicario  at  S.  Giovanni  in  Valdarno  in  IS25,  and  died  in 
1528. 
Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 


Bibl. : 


C.,   s.v.   Pazzi;  Litta,   s.v.    Pazzi,   Tav.   9;   M.,   L.   D.    R.,    161-163; 
P.,  146-147:  W.,  162-164. 


274  ROBBIA  HERALDRY 

353     STEMMA   OF   FRANCESCO    DI    GUGLIELMO    ALTOVITI. 
1525.     Certaldo,  Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,  Alinari,  8534. 

Within  a  circular  frame,  with  outer  leaf  and  dart  and  inner  egg  and  dart 
moulding,  enclosing  a  frieze  adorned  with  pairs  of  dolphins  facing  each 
other,  alternating  with  pairs  of  griffins,  white  on  blue,  each  pair  separated 
by  a  violet  rosette,  against  a  fluted  shell  is  a  late  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  249) 
with  bordure  bearing  the  Altoviti  arms :    Sable,  a  wolf  rampant  argent. 


w 


FiG.  249.     Fr.'^ncesco  Altoviti. 

Below,  on  a  curved  scroll  is  inscribed : 
y  FRANCIESCO  ►  DI  •  GV 
GLELMO  ►  DI  •   BARDO • 
ALTOVITI-     V(ICARI)0-    M-D-XXV- 

Francesco  di  Guglielmo  di  Bardo  di  Guglielmo  di  Bardo  was  a  Prior 
of  Florence  in  this  very  year  1525. 

By  Girolamo  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Altoviti;  P.,  16-22;  W.,  125. 

354     STEMMA  OF  THE  CONGREGAZIONE  OLIVET  ANA.  c.  1525. 
Finalpia-Savona.     Chiesa.     Photo.,  Private. 

On  the  predella  and  wthin  the  console  of  the  altarpiece  of  the  Madonna, 
Child,  and  Giovannino,  are  late  Tuscan  shields  bearing  the  arms :  Azure, 
a  mount  of  three  tops  argent  surmounted  by  a  cross  gules  and  two  lateral 
olive  trees  natural. 

D.  Pierdamiani  Caci  writes  to  Mr.  R.  G.  Mather :  "Lo  stemma  di  cui 
Ella  mi  scrive,  e  della  Congregazione  Olivetana  alia  quale  appartenne  il 
Cenobio  di  Finalpia  dal  1477  (anno  di  fondazione)  fino  al  1845." 

School  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 


ROP.niA   TTF.RAT.DUV  275 

355  STEMMA  OF  THE  TOWN  PIENZA.  c.  1525.  Asciano,  S. 
Francesco.     Photos.,  Alinari,  9261;  Lombardi,  1519. 

At  either  end  of  the  predella  of  the  altar[)iece  of  the  Madonna  enthroned 
with  Saints  are  late  Tuscan  shields  bearing  the  following  arms :  Or,  a 
lion  rampant  sable  holding  a  crescent  argent.  Pienza  was  built  in  the  XV 
century  by  Pio  II,  a  member  of  the  Piccolomini  family.  Hence  the  crescent 
in  the  stemma  of  Pienza. 

Robbia  School. 

Bibl. : 

Bibl.  Naz.,  Schedario  Luigi  Passerini,  sec.  XIX  No.  173;  Brogi,  Inv., 
17;  C-M.,  225  no.  121  :  Rossi  A.  S.  A.  \l,  (1893)  10. 

356  STEMMA  NOT  DETERMINED,  c.  1525.  Casole  (\'al  d'Elsa), 
Collegiata.     Photo.,  Brogi,  13613. 

At  either  end  of  the  predella  of  the  Nativity  and  Annunciation  altarpiece 
is  a  Tuscan  shield  bearing  the  arms :  Or,  a  bend  azitre  charged  with  a  leaf 
z'ert  and  accompanied  by  two  crossbows  sable. 

Bibl. : 

Brogi,  Inv.,  53. 

357  STEMMA  OF  THE  COMPAGNIA  DELL'  ANNUNZIATA  AND 
OF  NICCOLO  SPADARI.  1526.  Arezzo,  SS.  Annunziata.  Photo., 
Alinari,  9713. 

On  the  predella  beneath  the  statues  of  the  Madonna  and  Saints  are  two 
kite  shaped  shields  with  coats  of  arms.  The  dexter  shield  bears  the  arms 
of  the  Compagnia,  containing  a  monogram  for  A(ve)  M(aria),  above 
which  is  a  cross  set  upon  the  letter  fj.  The  sinister  shield  bears  the  arms 
of  Niccolo  Spadari :  Cities,  three  swords  fanwise,  points  in  base,  argent; 
in  chief  a  label  of  Anjou.  The  accompanying  document  shows  that  the 
altarpiece  was  ordered  by  Niccolo  Spadari  on  May  22,  1526,  to  be  paid 
for  one  half  by  him  and  one  half  by  the  Compagnia  dell'  Annunziata  at 
Arezzo. 

Document : 

"         +yhs  adj  22  dj  maggio  1526 
U'  Tavola     Otenuto  el  patito  vesoro  buono 

di  ter(r)a     dj  gj(giovannj)  bonuccj  bart"  di  franc"  cfdranatj  nic" 
cotta  spadarj  aiq(u)ali  dedero  autorita  dj  fare  fare  u°  tavola 

di  ter(r)a  cotta  a  laltare  dj  nic°  spadarj  colamj 


276  ROBBIA  HERALDRY 

dj  la  n(ost)ra  comp"  amano  ritta  e  lasva  amano  macha 
e  q(ua)l  tanto  che  si  spedara  abia  apagare  nic° 
spadarj  dj  svo  elaltra  meta  lan(ost)ra  comp''  e 
abiano  affare  p(er)lan(ost)ra  meta  lostaziameto  qsti(qvesti) 
3  sop(r)''  dettj  hominj" 
[Archivio  di  Stato,  Confraternite  e  Compagnie  Soppresse  di  Arezzo,  seg- 
nato  A.  CLXXXVIII  No.  2,  c.  47.] 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Spadari;  Cr..  331;  Milanesi,  Misc.  40,  III,  p.  a  c.  377;  R., 

D.  R.,  257;  Sc.  Fl,  IV,  61-62. 

358     STEMMA  OF  HIPPOLITO  DI  GIOVANNI  BATTISTA  BUON- 
DELMONTI.     Pistoia,  Palazzo  Pubblico.     Photo.,  Private 

Within  a  continuous  wreath  of  fruit  and  flowers  arranged  in  triplex 
bunches  a  white  tgg  and  dart  moulding  surrounds  a  yellow  fluted  disk  on 
which  is  a  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  250)  with  pointed  head  bearing  the  Buon- 


l^-nPPOLlTODl 

E/OVAMTIST/  , 

Fig.  250.     HiPPOLiTO  Buondelmonti. 

delmonti  arms:  Per  fess  asure  (chief)  and  argent  (base).  This  is  the 
ancient  as  distinguished  from  the  modern  stemma  of  this  family.  Both 
forms  occur  in  combination  on  the  shield  of  Antonio  di  Lorenzo  Buon- 
delmonti at  S.  Giovanni  in  Valdarno  in  1474-1475. 


ROBBIA   lll'.RAI.nm'  277 

Below,  a  winged  cherub  liolds  a  curvctl  scroll  inscribed : 
J'HIPPOLITO-  DI- 
GIOVA  ( NNI )  BATISTA 
•   BVO(N)DELMONTI 
P(ODEST)A-  M-D-XXVI^ 
Ilippolito  di  Giovanni  Battista  di  Ghino  Buondelnionti  was  a  Prior  in 
Florence  in  1509. 

Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  i\ol)1)ia. 

Bibl. : 

C.,  s.v.  Buondelmonti :  P.,  827-828:  W.,  131. 

359  STEMMA  OF  BARTOLOMMEO  CAPPONI.  1526.  Lari,  Cas- 
tello,  cortile.     Photos.,  Alinari,  8710:  Noack,  63. 

Within  a  broad  wreath  containing  closely  set  triplex  bunches  of  fruit  and 
flowers  and  an  inner  egg  and  dart  moulding  is  a  blue  fluted  disk,  against 
which  is  a  late  Tuscan  shield  bearing  the  Capponi  arms :  Per  bend  sable, 
(chief)  and  argent  (base). 

Below,  a  winged  putto  with  sharply  curved  wings  holds  a  curved  scroll 
inscribed : 

TEAIPORIS   ET   MVRI    SAEVAS 
SVBITVRA   RVINAS  ► 
TRANSTVLIT  IN  TVTVM 
SIGNA  BENIGNVS  AMOR  ^' 
OVI    STRVXIT    FASTV    LONGE 
SEMOTVS    AB    O^NINI  ► 
NOMINE  CAPPONIVS  BARTHOLO 
MEVS  ERAT«? 

V(ICARIV)S  ►  M^D^XXV  ►  E  XXVI 
The  Capponi  family  held  many  offices  in  Florence  and  elsewhere. 
Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

€.,  s.v.  Capponi:  W.,  133. 

360  STEMMA  OF  PARTICINO  DI  GIULIANO  PARTICINI  AND 
OF  ANDREA  DI  GIULIANO  PARTICINI.  1526.  Poppi.  Cas- 
tello,  cortile.     Photo.,  Alinari,  9793.     Cast,  Cantagalli,  425  (detail). 

(i)  Within  a  continuous  wreath  composed  of  triplex  and  quinqueplex 
bunches  of  fruit  and  flowers  and  an  inner  egg  and  dart  moulding  a  red 
winged  cherub  sup]iorts  two  kite  shajicd  shields  (Fig.  25  r)  which  rest  on 


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either  side  of  a  crude  lily  plant  against  a  white  concave  plate.  Both  shields 
bear  the  Particini  arms:  Per  pale,  dexter  azure,  two  fleurs-de-lys  or:  sin- 
ister, bendy  sinister  or  and  gules. 


Fig.  251.     Particino  and  Andrea  Partioni. 


Below  are  two  inscriptions :     ( i  )  On  a  tahcUa  ansata  bordered  gules  is 
inscribed : 

T ANDREA-    DI 
GIVLIANO 
PARTICINI 

V(ICARI)0-      M-DXXVI- 
In  place  of  scrolls  or  leaf  design  at  the  end  of  the  date  we  find  here  the 
letter  G  (Giovanni).     Below  is  a  winged  cherub. 
(2)   A  second  tabella  ansata  is  inscribed: 

J' PARTICINO-   DI 
GIVLIANO    PAR 
TICINI-     V(I)CARIO 
CCCCLXXXVIIII 
Andrea  di  Giuliano  di  Particini  di  Gieri  Particini  was  a  Prior  of  Flor- 
ence in  1476. 

By  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 
P.,  738. 


ROBl'.IA  lll':i<ALlJRV  279 

361     STEMMA  OF  LORENZO  Dl  TOMMASO  LAPI.     1526.     Scar- 
peria,  Palazzo  del  \'icariato.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  continuous  wreath  composed  chiefly  of  triplex  bunches  of 
fruit  and  flowers,  and  an  iimcr  egg  and  dart  moulding-,  set  ap^ainst  a  fluted 
disk  is  a  late  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  252)  bearing  the  Lapi  arms:  Gules,  a 
fess  argent  charged  with  a  lion  passant  sable. 


Fig.  252.    Lorenzo  Lapi. 

Below,  a  winged  cherub  upholds  a  horizontal  scroll  inscribed : 

J' LORENZO-    DI 

TOMASO    LAPI- 

V(ICARI)0-    E    CHOMESARIO 

7  M  -  D  -  NNVI  -^  '^ 
Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Lapi. 

362     STEMMA  OF  MONTECASSLANO.     1527.     Montecassiano,  Col- 
legiata,  S.  Maria.     Photo.,  Private. 

At  either  end  of  the  predella  of  the  altarpiece  of  the  Madonna  enthroned 
with  Saints  is  a  beribboned  late  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  253)  with  biparted 
head  and  apices  rolled  forward,  bearing  the  arms  of  Montecassiano :  Ar- 
gent, a  mount  of  five  tops  sable,  in  chief  two  stars  (colour?) 

The  work  was  commissioned  by  the  Commune  of  Montecassiano  from 
Fra  Mattia  di  Andrea  della  Robbia  for  the  church  of  S.  Maria  in  1527. 

Bv  Fra  Mattia  della  Robbia. 


Fig.   253.      MONTECASSIANO. 


ROBBIA  HERAl.DRY  281 

Bibl. : 

Anselmi,  A.  c  S.,  X  (1891),  50;  XIU  (1894),  177-178  (Doc); 
N.  Riv.  Miscna;  IV  (1891)  no.  10;  VII  (1894),  no.  9-10;  Gnoli, 
A.  S.A.,  II  (1889),  82-85. 

363  STEMMA  OF  SEBASTIANO  DI  AM  ICO  RICCI.     1527.     Mace- 
rata,  S.  Francesco  (formerly). 

At  either  end  of  the  predella  of  the  altarpiece  representing  the  Corona- 
tion of  the  Virgin  with  Saints  were  putti  (spiritelH)  with  the  arms  of  the 
patron,  Sebastiano  di  Amico  di  Gahisso  Ricci.  The  altarpiece  was  ordered 
on  the  seventh  of  November,  1527  of  Fra  Ambrogio  and  Fra  Mattia  della 
Robbia  and  completed  in  1529,  after  the  death  of  Fra  Ambrogio.  The 
church  was  demolished  in  18 10  at  which  time  the  altarpiece  seems  to  have 
been  destroyed.  The  Ricci  arms  are  Azure,  hedge  hogs  (number  varies) 
and  mullets  (number  varies)  or.  Other  examples  in  Robbia  ware  are  the 
arms  of  Federigo  di  Giovanni  Ricci,  dated  1496  and  15 13.  In  the  former 
there  are  ten  mullets,  in  the  latter  only  six. 

Bibl. : 

Anselmi,  Ross.  bibl.  Arte  ifal,  VII  (1904),  192-196  (Doc);  C,  s.v. 
Ricci;  Fabriczj,  Rep.  f.  K.,  XXVIII  (1905),  98;  W.,  168. 

364  STEMMA  OF  FRANCESCO  DI  CARLO  RUCELLAI.     1528. 
Borgo  San  Lorenzo,  Alunicipio.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  damaged  wreath  of  fruit  and  flowers  is  a  portion  of  a  kite 
shaped  shield  bearing  the  Rucellai  arms :     Per  bend,  gules  in  chief  a  lion 
passant  or;  in  base,  barry  indented  or  and  asure. 
Below,  a  cherub  upholds  a  curved  scroll  inscribed : 
7FRANCESCH(0) 
DI     CHARLO-    DI 
FILIPPO-     RVCE 

LARI-    P(ODEST)A-    M  •  D  •  XXVIII 
Francesco's  father.  Carlo  di  Bernardo  di  Piero  Rucellai  was  a  Prior  of 
Florence  in  1491.  and  his  brother  Bernardo  a  Prior  in  1531. 
Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Rucellai:  P.,  257-260;  W.,  170. 


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ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


365  STEMMA  OF  GIOVANNI  D' ANTONIO  GIUGNI.     1528.    Bor- 
go  San  Lorenzo,  Mimicipio.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  continuous  wreath  composed  of  chiefly  triplex  bunches  of 
fruit  and  flowers,  and  an  inner  egg  and  dart  moulding,  set  against  a  blue 
fluted  disk  is  a  late  Tuscan  shield  bearing  the  Giugni  arms :  Gules,  three 
wolfs  paws  couped  argent,  a  chief  or. 

Below,  on  a  curved  scroll  upheld  by  a  winged  cherub  is  inscribed : 
^^  GIOVANNI-  DA 
NTONIO-     GIV 

GNI-    P(ODEST)A-    M-D- XXVII 
•E-   MDXXVIII  + 
Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Giugni;  W.,  144. 

366  EMBLEM  OF  JESUS,     c.  1527.     Pescia,  Via  Benedettini  Cairoli, 
23.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  square  frame  (Fig.  254)  is  a  white  circular  band  inscribed: 
A  PESTE  A  EPIDEMIE  A  ET  A^INPROVIXA  A  MORTE  A  LIBERA 
NOS  A  DOMINE  A  Maroon  spandrels  at  each  angle.  In  the  centre  is 
the  monogram  YHS  in  a  form  not  unlike  that  by  Benedetto  Buglioni,  in 


Fig.  254.     Emblem  of  Jesus. 


UOIUUA  HERALDRY 


383 


the  vault  of  S.  Pictro  dci  Cassinensi,  Perugia.  It  is  surrounded  by  yellow 
rays,  straight  and  wavy,  against  a  blue  ground.  The  plague  referred  to  in 
the  inscription  may  have  been  that  of  1527,  which  carried  away  the  three 
sons  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Below,  a  tablet  with  three  shields  contains  (i)  a  cr\qitic  Christian  sym- 
bol, (2)  a  golden  lion  head  on  blue  ground,  (3)  the  Hebrew  letter  n- 
It  would  seem  likely  that  tliis  tablet  was  set  up  by  some  philanthropic  or- 
ganization, like  the  Misericordia. 

Robbia  School. 

Bibl. : 
Cr.,  351. 

367     STEMMA  OF  FRANCESCO  DI  PELLEGRINO  DA  CASAVEC- 
CHIA.     1528.     Scarperia,  Palazzo  del  Vicariato.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  rectangular,  nearly  square,  frame  surrounded  by  a  white  and 
yellow  egg  and  dart  moulding,  set  on  a  concave  plate  is  a  late  Tuscan 
shield  (Fig.  255)  with  bordure  and  convex  centre,  bearing  the  Casavec- 
chia  arms :    .-i::!irc.  three  fleurs-de-lvs,  two  and  one,  or. 


VvCI  v\8/\\'l"(  !  l''\^ 


Fig.  255.     Francesco  Cas.wecchia. 


Below,  a  rectangular  tablet  with  filleted  border  supported  by  an  Ionic 
scroll  is  inscribed : 

>  FRANC  (ESC)  O    DI    PELLEGRINO 

DA  CHASAVECHIA  > 

y  V(ICARnO  T  M  >  D  :"  XXVIITy 


284 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


Pellegrino  di  Francesco  di  Banco  da  Casavecchia  was  a  Prior  of  Flor- 
ence in  1487  and  15 11. 

Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. : 
P-,  645. 

368     STEMMA  OF  SIMONE  DI  MICHELE  GAZETTI.    1529.    Sesto, 
Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  white  fluted  disk  surrounded  by  a  white  egg  and  dart  moulding 
is  a  mutilated  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  258)  bearing  the  Gazetti  arms:     Or,  a 


Fig.  256.     SiMONE  Gazetti. 

bend  azure,  charged  with  an  eight  pointed  star  or  and  a  crescent  argent, 
and  accompanied  by  two  lions  passant  azure. 

Below  is  a  scroll  held  open  by  two  hands  inscribed : 
y  SIMONE  DI  ►  MI 
CHELE  ►  GAZETTI 
PO(DEST)A  ►  M  ►  D  ►  XXVIII  ►  E 
►  M  ►  D  ►  XXVIIII  + 
Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 


Bibl. : 


Carocci,  I,  312;  C-M.,  248  No.  268;  Cr.,  355. 


ROBl'.lA  lll'lKALDRY 


28s 


369     STEAIMA  OF  AGXOLO  DI  BONAIUTO  SERRAGLI.      1528. 
Florence,  Museo  Nazinnale  No.  35.    Photo.,  Alinari,  2758. 

At  either  end  of  the  altarpiece  of  the  Madonna  della  Misericurdia  are 
Tuscan  shields  (Fig.  257)  bearing  the  SerraofH  arms:    Per  pale  barry  of 


Fig.  257.     Agn'olo  Serragli. 


six  or  and  gnlcs  counterchanged.     The  predella  also  indicates  the  donor's 

name  and  the  date,  being  inscribed : 

OVESTA  y  FECE  FARE  T  AGNIOLO  y  DI   BON 

AIVTO-»  DI  NIC(COL)0-f  S(ERR)AGLI   P(ER)   RIMEDIO -»  DEL 

ANIMA 
SVA  -»  E  f  DEL(L)A      SVA  -f  DON(N)A  -f  AN(N)0  -»  MDXXVIII 
Robbia  School. 

Bibl. : 

C-M.,  217  no.  71 ;  C.,  s.v.,  Serragh ;  P.,  408-409;  Supino,  444  no.  35. 


286 


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370     STEMMA  OF  MESSER  LIONARDO  BUONAFEDE.     c.  1531. 
Stia,  Chiesa  Plebana,  L'Assunta.     Photo.,  Alinari,  9806. 


On  the  console  of  the  ciborio  two  winged  putti  serve  as  supporters  for  a 
beribboned  late  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  258)  on  which  are  displayed  the  arms 
of  Messer  Lionardo  di  Giovanni  Buonafede:  Or,  a  bull  salient  gules  on 
a  mount  of  six  tops  vert.     Above  the  shield  is  a  Bishop's  mitre.     These 


^ 


mmMitrttMm 


liiiiiitkyii'niWMM 


S0 


Fig.  258.     Lionardo  Buonafede. 


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287 


arms  liave  already  been  noted  at  Badia  Tedalda  (,1517),  Galalrona  (.i5ifc>). 
S.  Piero  a  Sieve,  and  at  Rome. 

The  frieze  of  this  ciborio  is  similar  in  design  to  that  of  an  altarpiece 
in  the  Oratorio  della  Madonna  del  Ponta  at  Stia  which  bears  the  date  1531. 

By  Santi  Buglioni. 

Bibl. : 

Beni,  148:  Cr.,  356;  P.,  369. 

371     STEMiMA    OF    FRANCESCO    MONTEDOGLIO.       1532.      U 
Verna,  Cappella  ]\Iontedoglio.    Photos.,  Alinari,  9825a ;  Agostini,  576. 

On  the  predella  of  the  altarpiece  representing  the  Lamentation  over  the 
Dead  Body  of  Christ,  on  late  Tuscan  shields  (Fig.  259)  with  apices  in- 
dented, are  displayed  the  arms  of  Count  Francesco  Rlontedoglio:  Argent, 
an  eagle  displayed  amire. 


Fig.  259.     Fr.\ncesco  Montedoglk: 


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Count   Francesco   Montedoglio   founded   the   Cappella   Montedoglio   in 
1532.     His  wife  Alessandra  completed  it  after  her  husband's  death. 
Atelier  of  Giovanni  della  Robbia. 

Bibl. 

Beni,  360;  C-M.,  256  No.  326;  Mencherini,  70,  134-136;  R.,  D.  R., 

247;  SiC.  FL,  IV,  60. 

372  STEMMA  OF   ANTONIO   DI    SIMONE  NICCOLINI.      1534. 
Lari,  Castello,  cortile.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  heavy  wreath  of  fruit  and  flowers  divided  into  quadrants  by 
white  ribbons  is  a  concave,  unfluted,  violet  disk  against  which  is  set  a  late 
Tuscan   shield,   with   apices   bent   forward,   bearing   the   Niccolini   arms : 
Asnre,  a  lion  rampant,  guardant  argent  debruised  of  a  bend  gules.     Here 
is  lacking  the  label  found  in  chief  at  S.  Giovanni  in  Valdarno  (1509). 
A  curved  scroll  bears  the  inscription : 
ANTONIO 
DI    SIMONE 
NICHOLINI 

•    V(ICARI)0-    MD- XXXIV 
Robbia  School. 

Bibl. 

C.,  s.v.  Niccolini;  P.,  435-437:  W.,  158. 

373  STEMMA  OF  GIROLAMO  DI  BERNARDO  GUIDOTTI.    1535. 
Certaldo,  Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,  Alinari,  8534. 

Within  a  continuous  wreath  composed  of  triplex  bunches  of  fruit  and 
flowers,  set  against  a  flat  disk  is  a  beribboned,  late  Tuscan  shield   (Fig. 


Fig.  260.     GiROLAMo  Guidotti. 


ROBBIA  HERALDin-  289 

260)   bearing  the  Guidotti  arms:     Quartered  per  saltire;  chief  and  base 
argent  an  increscent  moon  gules;  flanks,  barry  nebuly  of  six  or  and  azure. 
Below,  on  a  filleted  rectangular  tablet,  is  inscribed : 
GIROLAMOJ'DI  BE 
RNARDO  y  DIZANOBI 
GVIDOTTI  y  VIC(ARI)0  y 
i534^ETJ'i535»s 
Girolamo's  father  Bernardo  di  Zanobi  Guidotti  was  a  Prior  of  Florence 
in  1517. 

Robbia  School. 

Bibl. 

C.,  s.v.  Guidotti;  P.,  736-738. 

374     STEMMA  OF  PIERO  DI  RENATO  DEI  PAZZI.     1537.    S.  Gio- 
vanni in  Valdarno,  Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,  Private. 

Unframed.     Within  a  late  Tuscan  shield   (Fig.  261)   bordered  or.  are 


Fig.  261.    PiERu  P.\zzi. 

the  Pazzi  arms :  Azure,  two  dolphins,  hauriant,  embowed,  addorsed  or, 
and  five  crosses  bottony,  fitched,  of  the  same.  Below  is  a  modified  rectangu- 
lar tablet,  framed  with  plain  fillet  moulding  and  inscribed : 


290 


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PIERO  -f  DI  f  RI 
NATO  ■»  DE 
PAZI  f  V(ICARI)0  1 
M  ■»  D  -»  XXXV  -» 
Piero  di  Renato  di  Piero  di  Andrea  dei  Pazzi  was  born  in  1465,  was 
Vicario  at  S.  Giovanni  in  Valdarno  in  1535,  Podesta  at  Colle  in  1537,  and 
Vicario  at  S.  Miniato  al  Tedesco  and  the  lower  Valdarno  in  1539. 
Robbia  School. 

Bibl. 

C,   s.v.   Pazzi;  Litta,   s.v.   Pazzi,   Tav.   8;   M.,  L.   D.   R.,    161-163; 
W.,  162-164. 

375     STEMMA  OF  GIANFRANCESCO  DI  NICCOLO  BARONCEL- 
LI.     1537.     Scarperia,  Palazzo  del  Vicariato.     Photo.,  Private. 

From  a  complicated  band  at  the  top  proceeds  in  both  directions  to  base, 
a  continuous  wreath  of  triplex  bunches  of  fruit  and  flowers.  At  base  a 
transverse  ribbon.  Against  a  flat  plate  is  set  a  beribboned  late  Tuscan 
shield  (Fig.  262)  bearing  the  Baroncelli  arms:    Bendy  gules  and  argent. 


Fig.  262.    Gi.^NFRANCESCo  Baroncelli. 


On  a  rectangular,  filleted  tablet,  supported  by  cherub  head   (now  de- 
stroyed), is  inscribed: 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY  291 

GIOVANFRANC(ESC)0   DI 
NICCOLO  DI    BART  (GLOME)  O 
BARONCELLI  f  V(ICARI)0  -»   1537 
Robbia  School. 

Bibl. 

C,  s.v.  Baroncelli ;  W.,  27. 

376     STEMI\L\  OF  NICCOLO  DI  BATTISTA  DINI.     1538.     Anghi- 
ari,  Palazzo  Comunale.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  wreath  almost  entirely  destroyed,  set  on  a  lilac  disk  is  a  be- 
ribboned  late  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  263)  bearing  the  Dini  arms:     Per  fess 


\  NiCHULi  JVl'HAl 
sTlSTA'DINi'  f 
/y-M'DXXXVITlV 

Fig.  263.    NiccoLo  Dini. 

argent  and  gules,  a  stag  rampant  counterchanged :  in  chief  or  a  Medici  ball 
with  the  three  fleurs-de-lys  between  the  initials  L  and  X.     Battista  Dini 
was  Prior  when,  in  1515,  Leo  X  made  his  triumphal  entry  into  Florence. 
Below,  a  tablet  with  baroque  frame  is  inscribed : 
NICHOLO  f  DI  f  BA 
TISTA  -»  DINI  <» 

1  V(ICARI)0  -»  M  -f  D  f  XXXVIII 
Niccolo  di  Batista  di  Batista  Dini  was  Prior  in  Florence  in  1509,  15 12, 
1517  and  1525. 
Robbia  School. 


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Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Dini  di  Batista;  P.,  857-858  (gives  the  arms  as  Argent,  twelve 
stars  gules). 


377     STEMMA  OF  DOMENICO  DI  MICHELE  BENIVIENI.     1541. 
Galluzzo,  Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  continuous  wreath  irregularly  composed  of  fruit  and  flowers, 
against  a  flat  plate  is  a  beribboned  late  Tuscan  shield  (Eig.  264)  bearing 


Fig.  264.     DoMENico  Benivieni. 


the  Benivieni  arms :    Azure,  a  crescent  or  surmounted  by  a  fleur-de-lys  of 
the  same;  in  chief  a  label  of  four  points  gules. 

Below,  on  a  rectangular  tablet  with  small  lateral  notches,  upheld  by  a 
cherub  console,  is  inscribed : 

DOMENICO 
DI   MICHELE 
BENIVIENI 

-»  P(ODEST)A-»  MfDfXXXXI 
Robbia  School. 

Bibl. : 

Carocci,  Galluzzo,  39;  C,  s.v.  Benivieni;  P.,  14-15;  W.,  129  {Argent, 
a  cross  vair). 


ROBBIA  HER  A  I.  DRV  293 

378  STEMMA  OF  FRANCESCO  DI  LUIGI  CALDERINI.     1541. 
Galluzzo,  Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,  Private. 

A  rectangular-framed  stemnia  now  in  ruins,  except  the  inscription: 

FRANC(ESC)0    Dl    LV 

IGI    CALDERIN 

I-»  P(ODEST)Af  1540    E     1541 
Crollalanza  mentions  two  families  of  this  name,  one  from  Bologna,  the 
other  from  Verona. 
Robbia  School. 

Bibl. : 

Carocci,  Gallu::zo,  39;  C,  s.v.  Calderini. 

379  STEMMA  OF  PIERO  DI  GIROLAMO  STRUFFI.     1542.     Gal- 
luzzo, Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,  Private. 

On  a  rectangular,  moulded  frame,  against  a  Hat  plate  is  set  a  late  Tuscan 


Fig.  265.     PiERO  Struffi. 
shield  (Fig.  265)  bearing  the  Struffi  arms:    Gules,  a  goat  rampant,  argent. 

Below,  on  a  rectangular  tablet  is  inscribed : 

■»  PIERO  -»  DI  ^ 

GIROLAMO  -»  DI  -» 

STRVFA  f  STRVFFI 

f   P(ODEST)A  -»    MfD-»XXXXII 
Piero's  father,  Girolamo  di  Struffa  di  Domenico  di  Matteo  della  StrufTa 
Beccai  was  a  Prior  of  Florence  in  1504,  1508  and  1527. 
Robbia  School. 

Bibl. : 

Carocci,  Gdluzso,  39;  C,  s.v.  Struffi;  P.,  772. 


294 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


380     STEMMA  OF  FRANCESCO  D'ANTONIO  ALAMANNI. 
Radda,  Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,  Private. 


1543- 


Within  a  continuous  wreath  irregularly  composed  of  fruit  and  flowers, 
on  a  flat  plate  is  set  a  beribboned,  late  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  266)  bearing 
the  Alamanni  arms:   Party  per  bend  argent  (chief)  and  aciire  (base)  with 


two  bendlets  counterchanged. 


:A\  f  >1  AM\; 


Fig.  266.     Francesco  Al.\.manni. 

On  a  rectangular  tablet  is  inscribed : 

FRANC  ( ESC )0  f  DI  -f 

ANTONIO  f  ALAMA 

NNI  ■»  P(ODEST)A  f  1543 
Francesco's   father,   Antonio   d'Alessandro   di   Francesco   di   Tommaso 
Alamanni  was  a  Prior  of  Florence  in  1506. 
Robbia  School. 

Bibl. : 

C,  s.v.  Alamanni;  P.,  525-526;  W.,  124. 


381     STEMMA  OF  COSIMO  I  AND  HIS  WIFE. 
La  Foresteria  Interna.     Photo.,  Private. 


1549.     La  Verna, 


The  Foresteria  Interna  was  built  in  great  part  at  the  expense  of  Cosimo 
I  in  1549.  Two  of  his  coats  of  arms  are  here.  Within  a  crude  garland  is 
a  strange  shield  of  German  form  (Fig.  257)  not  unlike  those  designed 
by  Aldegrever  in  1552.  It  contains  the  arms  of  Cosimo  I  and  of  Eleonora 
of  Toledo  whom  he  married  in  1539.  The  Medici  arms  are  here:  Or, 
six  torteaux  in  orle:  and  those  of  Eleonora  of  Toledo,  chequy  argent  and 


ROBBIA  illCRALDRY 


295 


Fig.  267.    CosiMo  I  and  Wife. 

azure.  To  the  left  of  the  shield  is  a  sea  serpent  swallowing  a  child ;  above 
is  a  coronet  (not  the  Grandducal  crown  granted  in  1570)  ;  to  the  right 
is  a  series  of  nine  banners  alternately  white  and  red. 

There  are  two  such  stemnii  here,  one  with,  the  other  without,  a  garland. 

Robbia  School. 

Bibl. : 

Eve,  34;  Mencherini,  302;  Young,  II,  297. 

382     STEMMA  OF  ANDREA  DI  FRANCESCO  PETRINI.     1549. 
Sesto,  Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,  Private. 

Within  a  white  moulded  frame,  set  against  a  green  background  is  a  late 
Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  268)  bearing  the  Petrini  arms:  Azure,  three  eagle's 
heads  erased  or,  set  two  and  one. 

Below  is  a  rectangular  tablet  inscribed : 
ANDREA  ■»  DI  f 
FRANCESCO 

PETRINI  -»  P(ODEST)A  -f   1549 
Andrea  di  Francesco  di  Piero  Petrini  was  a  Prior  in  Florence  in  1530. 
Robbia  School. 


Bibl. : 

Carocci,  I,  312;  C-M.,  248  No.  268;  C.  s.v.  Petrini;  Cr.,  355;  P., 
845-846. 


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ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


M^DREAv 

F.RANCESl, 
£ETRJ^ir^1^3 

Fig.  268.    Andrea  Petrini. 


383     STEMMA  OF  AXTOXIO  DI  FILIPPO  CORBIZZI.    1551.    Lari, 
Castello,  cortile.     Photo.,  Alinari,  8709;  Noack,  62. 

Within  a  continuous  wreath  irregularly  composed  of  fruit  and  flowers, 
set  against  a  flat  blue  disk  is  a  beribboned,  late  Tuscan  shield  bearing  the 
Corbizzi  arms :    Per  pale  indented  or  and  gules. 

Crollalanza  and  the  Princeton  Priorista  give  the  tinctures  as  argent  and 
gules;  Wills,  as  or  and  giilcs. 

Below,  a  Donatellesque  putto  unfolds  a  scroll  inscribed: 
f  ANTONIO 
DI    FILIPPO 
CHORBIZI  f 

f  V(ICARI)0  ■»  M-fD-fLI 
Robbia  School. 


Bibl. : 


C,  s.v.  Corbizzi;  P.,  854-855;  W.,  136. 


384     STEMMA    OF    BERNARDO    DI    LORENZO    BONACCORSI. 
1 561.     Galluzzo,  Palazzo  Pretorio.     Photo.,  Private. 


In  a  rectangular  frame  surrounded  b\'  a  plain  white  border,  set  against 
a  flat  plate  is  a  late  Tuscan  shield  (Fig.  269)  with  bordure  and  indented 
apices,  bearing  the  Bonaccorsi  arms :  Azure,  a  lion  rampant  or.  holding 
in  both  paws  a  mace  argent. 


ROBBIA  IllCRALDRY  297 

Below,  a  rectani;iilar  tablet  is  inscribed : 

BERNARDO   DI 

LORE(N)ZO  BVONA 

CO(R)SI  -f  P(ODEST)A  ■»  1560    ET  f  1561 
Bernardo's  father  Lorenzo  di  Giuliano  di  Ser  Bonaccorsi  was  a  Prior  in 
Florence  in  1505  and  1520. 
Robbia  School. 

Bibl. : 

Carocci,   GaUuzzo,  39;   C,   s.v.   Bonaccorsi   dei   Taldigiani ;   P.,   741 
(Per  pale,  Ijarry  of  six  ari^cnl  and  suhlc  counterchanged). 


l'BLl^^ 


Fig.  269.    Bernardo  Bonaccorsi. 

385-390     SOME  LATER  COATS  OF  ARMS. 

It  is  often  asserted  that  the  art  of  glazing  terra-cotta  was  a  secret  which 
perished  with  the  Delia  Robbias.  Coats  of  arms,  however,  continued  to  be 
made  long  after  the  Robbia  sculptors  were  dead.  Santi  Buglioni  died  in 
1576,  and  after  that  date,  many  decorative  forms  which  had  long  pre- 
vailed in  the  Robbia  School,  gave  way  to  baroque  and  northern  influences. 
We  have  already  noted  how  in  1549  Cosimo  I  set  up  at  La  Verna  a  truly 
German  coat  of  arms.  In  1587  Uberto  di  Giovanni  de'Nobili  commemo- 
rated his  office  of  Podesta  at  Galhizzo  by  a  coat  of  arms  which  may  be 
described  as  an  oval  surrounded  by  a  frame  derived  from  the  form  of  the 
late  Tuscan  shield.  In  the  same  town  in  1591  and  1592  Bardo  di  Fran- 
cesco di  Bardo  Corsi  adopted  the  oval  surrounded  by  a  frame  of  cur\-es 
and  spirals  which  no  longer  suggest  the  form  of  a  Tuscan  shield  (Fig. 
270).  The  oval  became  a  favorite  form,  as  if  it  were  a  precious  stone. 
The  setting  given  to  the  oval  by  Lodovico  di  Lorenzo  Neri,  Podesta  at 
Galluzzo  in  161 1  and  1612,  dimly  suggests  the  heavily  indented  outline  of 
a  late  Tuscan  shield,  but  the  appearance  of  a  shield  has  vanished  (Fig. 
271).  Occasionally  the  old  seal  type  of  stemma  survived  as  in  the  coat 
of  arms  set  up  in  1533  by  Cavaliere  Cesare  Carlini  (Barry  of  six,  argent 
and  sable:  in  a  chief  argent  a  leopard's  head  or),  with  its  tournament 


298 


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.LOi>ovi(.oni 

'pOri:  lOllE  161  >-• 


Fig.  270.    Bardo  Corsi. 


Fig.  271.     LoDovico  Xeri. 


shield,  crest  and  mantlings  (Fig.  272).  The  baroque  desire  for  new  forms 
substituted  hepatic,  heart  shaped,  and  other  forms  for  the  oval,  and  in  a 
coat  of  arms  like  that  which  Jacopo  di  Antonio  Billi  set  up  at  Sesto  in 


Fig.  272.     Cesare  Carlini. 


Fig.  273.     Antonio  Billi. 


1694  the  frame  has  lost  all  character  and  form  (Fig.  273).  How  remote 
from  the  mind  of  the  designer  was  the  semblance  to  a  shield  mav  be  seen 
in  Cavaliere  Cosimo  della  Sera's  decorative  stemma  set  up  at  Radda  in 
1708  (Fig.  274).  And  how  completely  Italian  traditions  were  abandoned 
by  1757  may  be  seen  in  the  baroque  stemma  set  up  in  that  year  at  Sesto 
by  Joseph  Antonio  Biliotti  (Fig.  275). 

In  all  these  later  coats  of  arms  Robbia  garlands  have  been  abandoned, 
Robbia  types  of  shields  have  disappeared,  and  even  in  the  inscribed  tablets 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


299 


new  types  of  lettering  and  new  forms  of  tablets  have  replaced  those  which 
for  so  many  years  were  employed  in  the  Robbia  school. 


i 


^1) 


Fig.  274.    CosiMo  dell.\  Sera. 

391     STEMMA  OF  THE  ARTE  DE'  BECCAI  (Butchers),     c.  i860. 
Florence,  Or  San  Michele.    Photo.,  Alinari,  3440. 

In  the  early  part  of  the  year  1858  the  stemmi  painted  on  the  exterior 
of  Or  San  Michele  of  ten  of  the  Florentine  Guilds  were  refrescoed.  As 
this  method  of  representing  coats  of  arms  on  the  exterior  of  a  building 
lacked  durability,  the  Marchese  Lorenzo  Ginori  offered  to  substitute  at 
cost  glazed  terra-cotta  sculptured  medallions.    Only  one  of  these  was  exe- 


Fig.  275.    JcsEPH  Biuorri. 


300 


ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


cuted  (Fig.  276),  although  at  Doccia  may  still  be  seen  other  experiments 
of  the  same  kind. 

The  garland  consists  of  sixteen  bunches  of  fruit  and  flowers,  the  com- 
position of  which  is  derived  from,  perhaps  cast  from,  the  stemma  of  the 
Mercanzia  on  the  same  building.     The  credit  for  this  design  belongs  to 


Fig.  276.    Guild  of  the  Butchers. 

Luca  della  Robbia  rather  than  to  Professor  Aristodemo  Costoli,  who  di- 
rected, or  to  Leone  Innocenti,  who  modelled,  the  modern  medallion.  The 
egg  and  dart  moulding  resembles  in  type  that  of  Luca's  stemma  of  the 
Silk  Merchants.  Within  is  a  disk  asure  against  which  is  set  an  oval  shield 
or  charged  with  a  goat  salient  sable.  Two  winged  putti  act  as  supporters 
of  the  shield  and  stand  upon  a  cloud  platform,  as  in  the  stemma  of  the 
Silk  Merchants.  Although  the  modelling  of  the  putti  is  inferior  to  Luca's 
and  the  glaze  has  crackled,  this  medallion  is  a  credit  to  the  modern  potter, 
and  is  much  more  permanent  than  the  fresco  painting  which  it  replaced. 

Bibl. : 

Cr.,  106  note;  Franceschini,  107-108;  Staley.  296-305. 


392  STEMMA  OF  GABRIELE  DI  CAMBIO  MEDICI  AND  OF 
LUCREZIA  DI  ALESSANDRO  RONDINELLI.  Modern (  ?)  Lon- 
don, Victoria  and  Albert  Museum,  No.  7630-'6i.     Photo.,  Museum. 


KunniA  ii1':kaldr\' 


301 


On  the  console  of  a  remarkable  Madonna,  generally  accepted  as  one  of 
the  chef  d'oan'rcs  of  Andrea  dclla  Rohbia  but  which  I  am  inclined  to  con- 
sider as  modern,  is  an  olive  or  laurel  wreath  enclosing  a  Tuscan  shield 
(Fig.  277)  of  unusually  narrow  head  and  arms  on  which  are,  dexter,  the 
Medici  arms,  and  sinister,  the  Rondinelli  arms.  The  Medici  arms  are  here, 
Or,  seven  torteaux  two.  tw-o,  two,  and  one,  enclosing  a  Croce  del  Popolo. 
This  appears  to  be  an  earlier  form  of  the  Medici  stemma  than  we  should 
expect  to  find  on  a  monument  which  nnist  be  assigned  to  a  period  later 


Fig.  277.    Medici  and  Rondinelli. 


302  ROBBIA  HERALDRY 

than  that  of  Piero  de'  Medici  (ruled  1464-1469).  He  introduced  the 
"hurt"  charged  with  three  fleurs-de-lys  and  reduced  the  torteaux  to  six. 
In  Lorenzo's  time  (ruled  1469-1492)  the  number  of  balls  consisted  of 
one  "hurt"  and  five  torteaux. 

The  Rondinelli  arms :  Or,  six  swallows,  three  two  and  one,  proper,  ap- 
pear to  be  correctly  blazoned. 

The  combination  of  the  Medici  and  the  Rondinelli  arms  would  not  be 
unhistorical  since  a  Gabriele  di  Cambio  de'Medici  in  1487  or  1488  married 
Lucrezia  di  Alessandro  Rondinelli,  and  somewhat  later  a  Rosso  di  Filippo 
de'Medici  married  Nanna  di  Simone  Rondinelli. 

Not  only  do  the  forms  of  the  shield  and  the  blazoning  of  the  Medici 
arms  arouse  our  suspicions,  but  the  very  cornucopias  which  frame  the 
console  are  modelled  in  a  way  not  elsewhere  found  in  Robbia  monuments. 

The  type  of  the  Madonna  and  of  the  Child  as  well  as  the  construction 
of  the  garland  are  not  strictly  in  accord  with  the  works  of  Andrea  della 
Robbia. 

Bibl. : 

B.,  Dcnkm.,  83,  Taf.  255;  C-M.,  loi,  266  no.  379;  C,  s.v.,  Medici, 
RondinelH;  Litta,  VI,  Tav.  4,  7;  Robin.son,  63  no.  7630;  S.,  112, 
Abb.  124;  Young,  I,  184-185  ;  Venturi,  VI,  584  Fig.  390;  W.,  153,  169. 


III.     BIBLIOGRAPHY  AND  INDEX 


Ill     BIBLIOGRAPHY  AND  INDEX 


1.     Bibliographical  Abbrkviations 


A.  e  S.  =  Arte  e  Storia,  Florence,   1881- 
A.  I.  D.  I.  =  Arte  italiana  dccorativa  cd 
indiistriale,    Rome-   Venice-    .Milan,    1890- 
A.   in  A.  =:   Art  in   America.     Xcw   York, 

1913- 
A.  J.  A.  =  American  Journal  of  .'\rcliacol- 

ogy.     Baltimore,   etc.,    1885- 
.•\.    S.    A.    =z    .-\rchivio    storico    dell'    .-Xrte. 

Rome,  1888-1897. 
Amati,      Dizionario      corografico-illustrato 

deir  Italia.     10  vols.  n.  d. 
.Angclelli  =  Cav.  Antonio  .•\ngelelli,  Memo- 
rie    storiclie    di    Montaione    in    Valdelsa. 
Florence-  Rome,  1875. 
Angugliaro  :=  Marco  .\ngugliaro,  Guida  di 

Trapani.  Trapani,  1914. 
Anselmi,  N.  Riv.  Misena,  IV(i89l)  =  An- 
selmo  Anselmi,  fra  Mattia  dclla  Robbia 
autorc  (icll'altarc  in  maiolica  di  Montc- 
cassiano  prcsso  Maccrata,  in  Nuova  Ri- 
vista   Misena,   IV(i8gi),   149-151. 

Anselmi,  Rass.  bibl.  arte  ital.  VII  (1904)  = 
.Anselmo  Anselmi,  A'uovi  Documcnti  per 
la  diiiiora  dci  Delia  Robbia  ncllc  Marchc, 
in  Rassegna  bibliografica  dell'  arte  ital- 
iana, VII  (1904),   192-196. 

Argnani  ^  Fcdcrigo  .'\rgnani,  Lc  ccramiche 
c  maiolichc  facntiiic  dalla  loro  originc 
fino  al  principio  del  sccnlo  XVI.  Faenza, 
1889- 

L'Arte  =  L'.^rte,  gia  Archivio  storico  dell' 
Arte.     Rome,   1898- 

Bacci,  111.  Fior.  ^  Peleo  Bacci,  11  fontc  bat- 
lestiinalc  di  Gatatrona  (1518),  in  L'lllus- 
tratorc   Fiorentino   V(i908)    144-149. 

Bardini,  Sale  of  1902 :  Catalogue  des  Oh- 
jets  d'art  .  .  .  provenant  de  la  collection 
Bardini  de  Florence.  Vente  a  Londres 
chez  Mr.  Christie  le  Mai  1902.  Paris, 
1902. 

Bardini,  Sale  of  1918  r=  The  Stcfano  Bar- 
dini Collection.  Sale  at  New  York,  Apr. 
23-27,  1918. 

Begni  :=  Ernesto  Begni,  The  Vatican.  New 
York,   19 1 4. 

Beni  :=  C.  Beni,  Guida  illustrata  del  Casen- 
tino.     Florence,   1889. 

Benigno  =  P.  Benigno,  Trapani  Sacra. 

Bigazzi  ^  M.  Francesco  Bigazzi,  Inscricioni 
c  menwrie  delta  Citta  di  Firenzc.  Flor- 
ence, 1886. 

B.,  Denk,  =;  Wilhelm  Bode,  Denkmaler 
der  Renaissance-Sculptnr  Toscanas. 
Text  and  ^S7  Plates.     Munich,  1892-1905. 

B.,  Jahrb.,  VIII  (1887)  =  Gruppe  der  Be- 
wcinuny  Cliristi  von  Giovanni  delta  Rob- 
bia, in  Jahrbucli  der  kilniglich  preussis- 
chen  Kunstsammlungen,  \'IIl(i8S7),  217- 
226. 

B-Tsch.   =   Wilhelm   Bode   und   IIuqo  von 


Tschudi,  Beschreibunt)  der  Bildrcerkc  der 
chri.itlichen  Epoche.     Berlin,  1888. 
Boll.  d'.Arle  =  Bolletino  d'.'\rte  del  Minis- 
lero  della  publica  istruzione.     Rome,  1907. 
l!rockhaus   =   Heinrich    Brockhaus,   Ricer- 
ehe  sopra  alcitni  capolavori  d'artc  fioren- 
lina.     Milan,  1902. 
lirogi.   Invent.   =   Francesco   Brogi,  Jnven- 
tario   generale   degli   oggetti   d'artc    delta 
proviiicia  di  Siena.     Siena.     1897. 
I'.url.  Mag.  =  The  Burlington  Magazine  for 

Connoisseurs.     London,   1903- 
C.  =  G.  B.  di  Crollalanza,  Dizionario  slori- 
co-blasonico  delle  famiglic  nobili  e  nota- 
bilc  italiane.     3   vols.   Pisa   1886. 
Cahier  =  Charles  Cahier,  Charactcristiqiies 
des  Saint.f  dans  I'art  populaire.     2  vols. 
Paris,  1867. 
Carocci    =    Guido    Carocci.    /   Dintorni    di 

Firenze.     2  vols.     Florence,   1906-1907. 
Carocci,  A.  I.  D.  I.,  V(l896)  =  Guido  Car- 
occi, /  tondi  Robbiani  in  Toscana.  in  .-Krle 
italiana     decorativa     ed     induslriale,     V 
(1896),   29-30.     Tav.   21. 
Carocci,   Boll,   d'arte  =   Guido   Carocci,   // 
Musco   di  S.   Marco  di  Firenze,   in   Bol- 
letino d'arte,   V(l9li),  381,  384. 
Carocci,  (lalluzzo  =  Guido  Carocci,  //  co- 

niune  di  Galluzzo,  Florence,  1892. 
Carocci,    San    Casciano    :=    Guido   Carocci, 
//    coniune    di   San    Casciano    in    Vat    di 
Peso.     Florence,  1892. 
Carocci,  Valdarno  =  Guido  Carocci,  //  Val- 
darno   (Italia  artislica  no.  20).     Bergamo 
1906. 
Carotti,  A.  S.  A.,  IV(l89i)  =  Giulio  Carot- 
ti,  //  tabernacolo  con  nichia  per  le  ablii- 
zioni    nella    sagristia    della    chiesa    di    S. 
A'iccolo  da  Tolenlino   in  Prato,  in  Arch- 
ivio storico  dell'.Arte,   IVClSgi),   112-116. 
Ciacconius  z:;  Alonso  Chacon   (or  Ciaccon- 
ius),  Vitae  et  Res  gestae  Pontificnni  Rn- 
manorum  et  S.  R.  E.  Cardinalium  elc.     4 
vols.     Rome,  1630,  also  1677. 
C-M.  =:  Camillo  Jacopo  Cavallucci  et  fimile 
-Molinier,  Les  Delia  Robbia.     Paris,  1884. 
Connoisseur  r=   The   Connoisseur,   London, 

1893- 
Corradini  =  Enrico  Corradini,  Prato  e  siioi 
dintorni.     (Italia  artistica,  no.  12).     Ber- 
gamo,  IQ05. 
Cr.  z=  Maude  Cruttwcll,  Luca  and  Andrea 
delta  Robbia  and  their  Successors.     Lon- 
don and  \ew  York,  1902. 
Denekcn,  Z.  f.  ch.  K.,  VI  (1893)  =  Friedrich 
Deneken,    Thonaltar    des    Giovanni    della 
Robbia,     in     Zeitschrift     fiir     christliche 
Kunst,  VI(i893),  554  Taf.   10. 
Erculci   =    Raffaele    Erculei,   Pavimcnti   di 
niattnnelti     niaiolicate,    in     .Xrte     italiana 


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ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


decoraliva   ed   industrialc,    VI  (1897),   46. 

Eve  ^  G.  VV.  Eve,  Hcraldi-y  as  Art.  Lon- 
don and  New  York,  IQ07. 

Fabriczy,  Rep.  f.  K.,  XXVIII(i90S,  = 
Cornel  von  Fabriczy,  Ein  ncues  IVerk 
Fra  Ambrogios  und  Fra  Mattia  della 
Rohbia,  in  Repcrtorium  fiir  Kunstwis- 
senschaft,  XXVIlI(ici05 ),  98-99. 

Fabriczy,  Riv.  d'Arte,  11(1904),  139  := 
Cornel  dc  Fabriczy,  Benedetto  Buglioni, 
in   Rivista   d'.'^rte,   11(1904),   139-142. 

Faenza  =:  Faenza,  Bolletino  del  Museo  In- 
ternazionale  dclle  Ceramiche  in  Faenza. 
Faenza,   1913- 

Ferrari,  Rass,  d'Arte,  VIII  (1908)  =  Giulio 
Ferrari,  Di  alcuiii  oggetti  d'arte  antica 
nel  musco  artistico  industrialc  di  Rome, 
in   Rassegna  d'Arte,  VIII (igo8),  60. 

Franceschini  ^  Pietro  Franceschini,  L'Ora- 
torio  di  San  Michcle  in  Orto.  Florence, 
1892. 

Galeric  Sangiorgi  r=  Catalogue  dcs  Obpets 
d'Art  Ancien  pour  I'Annee  1913.    Venice, 

1913- 

Gavet  Sale  of  1897,  Cat.  :=  C  atalogue  des 
Objets  d'Art,  etc.,  composant  la  collec- 
tion dc  M.  £inile  Gavet.  Vente  31  Mai 
au  9  Juin.  1897.     Paris,  1897. 

Giglioli,  Empoli  =  Odoardo  H.  Giglioli, 
Enipoli  artistica.     Florence,  1906. 

Giglioli,  Prato  =  Odoardo  H.  Giglioli.  a 
Prato.     Florence,  1902, 

Giglioli,  Riv.  d'Arte,  VI  (1909)  =Odoardo 
H.  Giglioli,  Un  dossale  d'altare  della  bot- 
tega  di  .4ndrea  delta  Robbia  nella  chiesa 
di  S.  Roniolo  a  Bivigliano,  in  Rivista 
d'Arte,  VI  (1909),  45-48. 

Ginanni  =  Marc'Antonio  Ginanni,  L'Arte 
del  blasonc  dichiarata  per  alfaheto.  Ven- 
ice,  1756. 

Gnoli,  A.  S.  A.,  11(1889)  =  Domenico 
Gnoli,  Fra  Mattia  della  Robbia,  in  Archi- 
vio   storico  dell'Arte,   11(1889),  82-85. 

Gnoli,  A.  S.  A.,  IV(i89i)=  Domenico 
Gnoli,  La  Cappclla  di  Fra  Mariano  del 
Pionibo  in  Roma,  in  Archivio  storico 
dell'Arte,  IV   (1891),   125-126. 

Gnoli,  X.  Antologi  =  Domenico  Gnoli,  Raf- 
faello  alia  Corte  di  Leone  X,  in  Nuova 
.Antologia,   1888. 

Grassa-Patti  =  Francesco  La  Grassa-Patti. 
Opere  dei  Della  Robbia  in  Sicilia,  in 
L'Arte,  VI  (1903),  37-47- 

Graziani  =  Giovanni  Graziani,  L'Arte  a 
Citta  di  Casteltn.     Citta  di  Castello,  1897. 

Gregory,  Connoisseur  =  Edward  W.  Greg- 
ory, Earl  Brownlozifs  collection  of  Pic- 
tures at  Ashridge  Park,  in  the  Connois- 
seur, XIII(l9o6),  4,  7. 

Guardabassi  =  Mariano  Guardabassi,  In- 
dicc-Guida  dei  monmnenti  pagani  c  cristi- 
ani  riguardanti  I'istoria  e  I'arte  csistente 
nella  provincia  dell'  Umbria.  Perugia, 
1872. 

Guasti.  Cafaggiolo  ^  Gactano  Guasti,  Di 
Cafaggiolo  e  d'altre  fabbrichc  di  cera- 
miche in   Toscana.     Florence,   1902. 

111.  Fior.  =  L'lUustratore  Fiorentino. 
Florence,   1880- 


Jahrb,  =  Jahrbuch  der  Koniglich  preussis- 
chen  Kunstsammlungen.  Vols.  I-  Ber- 
lin,  1880- 

M.  Kann  Cat.  =  Catalogue  des  Objets 
d'Art  etc.,  provenant  de  la  Collection 
Maurice  Kann.  Vente  a  Paris,  Galerie 
Petit  5-8  Dec.   1910.     Paris,   1910. 

von  Lanna  Sale  of  1909,  Cat.  —  Sammlung 
des  freihcrrn  Adalbert  von  Lanna 
(Prag.),  Versteigerung,  Nov.  9-16,  1909. 
2  vols.  Berlin,   1909. 

Lelong,  Cat.  =:  Collections  de  Madame  C. 
Lelong.    2  vols.    Paris,  1903. 

Litta  =  Conte  Pompeo  Litta,  Famiglie  cele- 
bri  d'ltalia.     Milan   1819- 

M.,  A.  J.  A.,  XXII(i9i9),  361  -  Allan 
Marquand,  Unpublished  Documents  relat- 
ing to  the  Ceppo  Hospital  at  Pistoia,  in 
American  Journal  of  Archaeology,  XXII 
(1919).  361-377. 

M.,  A.  J.  A.,  XXII (1918),  310  =  Allan 
Marquand,  Unpublished  Documents  re- 
lating to  the  Work  of  Benedetto  and 
Santi  Buglioni  for  Badia  Tedalda,  in 
American  Journal  of  Archaeology,  XXII 
(1919),  310-318. 

M.,  Brickbuilder,  11(1902),  223  =  Allan 
Marquand,  The  Decoration  of  the  Ceppo 
Hospital  at  Pistoia,  in  The  Brickbuilder, 
11(1902),  222-224. 

M.,  Brickbuilder  =  Allan  Marquand,  Rob- 
bia Pavements,  in  The  Brickbuilder,  1902, 
PP-  55-57,  98-101. 

M.,  D.  R.  A.  =  Allan  Marquand,  Della 
Robbias  in  America.  Princeton  and  Ox- 
ford,  1912. 

M.,  L.  D.  R.  =  Allan  Marquand,  Luca  delta 
Robbia.     Princeton  and  Oxford,  1914. 

M.,  Sc.  Mag.  =  Allan  Marquand,  A  Search 
for  Della  Robbia  Monuments  in  Italy, 
in  Scribner's  Magazine,  Dec.  1893. 

Malagola  =  Carlo  Malagola,  Memorie 
storichc  suite  maioliche  di  Faenza.  Bo- 
logna,  1880. 

Marcotti  =  J.  Marcotti,  Gtiide-Souvenir  de 
Florence.     Florence,   1892. 

Mazzini  =  Ubaldo  Mazzini,  Alcune  opere 
di  Benedetto  Buglioni  in  Lunigiana. 
Extr.  from  Giornale  storico  e  Letterario 
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Mencherini  =;  P.  Saturnino  Mencherini, 
Giiida  illustrata  della  Verna.  Quaracchi, 
1907. 

Mesnil,  Misc.  d'Arte  =  Jacques  Mesnil,  La 
Madone  des  Constructcurs,  in  Miscellanea 
d'Arte  (being  vol.  I  of  Rivista  d'Arte), 
208-210.     Florence,  1913. 

Messeri-Calzi  =  A.  Messeri  e  A.  Calzi, 
Faenza  nella  storia  e  nell'  arte.  Faenza, 
1909. 

Michel  =  Andre  Michel,  Histoire  de  I  Art 
depuis  les  premiers  temps  Chretiens  jus- 
qu'a  nos  },ours.    5  vols,  published.     Paris, 

190s- 
Milanesi   Misc.   =   Gaetano   Milanesi,   Mis- 

cellanea.  Notes,  of  great  value,  preserved 

in  the   Bibl.   Com.  di   Siena. 
Misc.  d'Arte  =   Miscellanea  d'Arte    (being 

Vol.  I  of  Rivista  d'Arte).    Florence,  1913. 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  AND  INDEX 


7,^7 


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Maria  dcihi  Quercia.    Tiadtizioiie  del   V. 

L.   Ferrctti.     Florence,   1904. 
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452,  note  I    (Doc).     Pari,';,  1881. 
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1888- 
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P.,  =:  Priorista,  Princeton  Museum  Copy. 
Ms.  n.  d. 

Papini,  Faenza  ^  Roberto  Papini,  Gli  aii- 
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Poggi,  Riv.  d'Artc,  VI  (1909)  =  Giovanni 
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ROBBIA  HERALDRY 
2.     Index  of  Names 


Acciaiuoli,   log. 
Accolti,  211. 
Adimari,  32,  269. 
Alamanni,  294. 
Albizzi,  186,  187. 
Aldimari,  32. 
Alessandri,  72,  159. 
Altoviti,  249,  265,  274. 
Anmmziata,  275. 
Antella,   19,  43,  54,  i7i- 
Antinori,  59,  177,  267. 
Aquino,  163. 
Arena,  195. 
Ardinghelli,  151. 
Arte  dei  Beccai,  299. 
"      dei  Maestri,  di  Pietra  e  di  Lcguami, 

10. 
"     dei  Medici,  9,  261. 
della  Seta,  8. 
Attavanti,  221. 
Baglioni,  28. 
Bardi,  loi,  102. 
Baroncelli,  290. 
Baroncini,  189. 
Bartoli,  69,  74. 
Bartolini,  98. 
Bati,   179- 
Becchi-Fibbiai,  84. 
Benci,  44. 
Benci-Taddei,  1 10. 
Benino,  80,  169,  241. 
Benivieni,  292. 
Benucci,  225. 
Benvenuti,  89. 
Berlinghieri,  171. 
Bertini,  62. 
Betto,  54- 
Biada,  198. 
Biliotti,  225,  298. 
Billi,  298. 
Bolsena,  142,  143. 
Bonacorsi,  296. 
Bonciani,  42. 
Boni,  226. 
Bonsi,  200. 
Bonsostegni,  222. 
Borsi,  42. 
Bottigli,  242. 

Buonafede,  226,  227,  229,  288. 
Buondelmonte,  21,  46,  53,  86,  195,  217,  276, 
Busini,  171. 
Calcagni,  214. 
Calderini,  293. 
Camaldolesi,   107. 
Cambini,  182. 
Canigiani,  225,  256. 
Capitolo  del  Duotno,  131,  134- 
Cappelli,  50.  182. 
Capponi,  18,  277. 
Carbonati,  75. 
Carducci,  63. 
Carlini,  297. 
Carnesecchi,   157. 
Casavecchia,   I44,  283. 
CastcUani,  160. 
Castello  di  Vinci,  258. 
Castelnuovo-Gafagnana,  236. 


Cattani,  158. 

Ceppo,  215,  267,  268. 

Cerboni,   126. 

Cerchi,   135. 

Cheli,  155. 

Ciacchi,  231. 

Citta  di  Castello,  253. 

Citta  Rossa,  250. 

Compagnia,  S.S.  Annunziata,  275. 

Compagnia,  S.  Elena,  104. 

Compagnia,  S.  Giovanni,  220. 

Conventu  del  T.,  27. 

Corbinelli,  87,  263. 

Corbizzi,    103,   296. 

Corsi,  297. 

Cortigiani,  171. 

Cosimo,    15,   294,  299. 

Davanzati,  76,  77,  96,  206,  241. 

Dei,  52. 

Delia  Rovere,  251. 

Diaceto,   139. 

Dini,  104,  291. 

Dino,  156. 

Domenicani,   lio. 

Donati,  39. 

Dovizi,  203. 

Ducci,  97. 

Elconora   of   Toledo,  294. 

Federighi,  6. 

Felicaia,  223. 

Fiaschi,  123. 

Fini,  no. 

Firodolfi,  87. 

Florence,   City  of,  99- 

Florence,  People  of,  99. 

Folchi,  249,  250. 

France,    125. 

Frates  Minores,  127,  128. 

Frescobaldi,  41,  108,  140. 

Gaetani,  143,  183,  184. 

Gazetti,  284. 

Gerini,  169,  262. 

Ghettini,   171,    186. 

Ghiacceto,   139- 

Ghislieri.  37,  38,  94-  . 

Giacomini-Tebalducci,    178. 

Giandonati,  166,  167,  252. 

Gianfigliazzi,  213,  259,  269. 

Ginore,  45.  78,  152,  246. 

Giocondo,   214. 

Girolami,  39. 

Giugni,  282. 

Glasini,   151. 

Gondi,  180. 

Gualterotti,  231. 

Guardia  e  Balia.   II9- 

Guasconi,  117. 

Guccio,  112,  199- 

Guerra,  107. 

Guerrieri,    179. 

Guidetti,  93,  237. 

Guidotti,  174,  288. 

Guiducci,   52. 

Inghilani,  97. 

Innocent  VIII,  66. 

Jacopi,   148. 


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Jesus  Emblem,  64,  65,  66,  98,  169,  282. 

Lapi,   113,  139,  279. 

Lelli,  95. 

Lcnzi,  50. 

Leo  X,  203,  207,  232,  233,  234. 

Lioni,    13,    193. 

Loriiii,  88,  216. 

Liica,   137. 

Lucalberti,  79. 

Maccliiavelli,  185. 

Macinghi,  258. 

Magalotti,  244,  256. 

Magio,  119. 

Malcgonelli.  51,  61. 

Manctti,   136,  231. 

Maiilredi,  3i. 

Maniielli,  81. 

Marignolli,  255. 

Marsciano,  91,  92. 

Martclli,  114,  115,   116. 

Martellini,   19,  207. 

Martini,  37,  38,  6b,  109. 

Mazzinghi,  60,  206. 

Medici,  3,   104,   106,   142,   150,  219,  230,  236, 

247,  268,  300. 
Mercanzia,  II. 
Miclielozzi,  261. 
Minerbetti,  183,   184. 
Mini,  195. 

Montecassiano,  279. 
Montedoglio,  287. 
Montcpulciano,   153. 
Monti,  190. 
Montolevetani,  146. 
Mori,   190. 
Muta,   156. 
Nasi,  149. 
Neri,  297. 
Nero,  22,  53,  140. 
NiccoUni,  30,  176,  288. 
Nobili,   190. 
Nuccarcllo,  131,  132. 
OHvetani,  274. 
Opera,   147,  192,  244. 
Palmieri,  20. 
Pandolfini,  189. 
Panico,  252. 
Paoli,  60. 

Particini,  222,  277. 

Pazzi,  23,  40,  53.  181,  206,  223,  273,  289. 
Pcpi,  246. 

Peruzzi,  161,   168,   185. 
Pescioni,  I2Q. 
Pete,   119. 
Petrini,  295. 
Petriicci,  67,  68. 
Physicians  and  Apothecaries,  9. 
Pienza,  275. 
Pieri,  232. 
Pistoia,  268. 

Pitti,  55,  180,  243,  260,  264. 
PolHni,  211. 

Portogallo,  Jacopo  da,  12. 
Posi,   155. 

Potenza  della  Citta  Rossa,  250. 
Prato,  90. 
Pucci,  103,  123,  207. 


Pugliese,  89. 

I'uici,   197. 

Rcna,  199. 

Rene  d'.'\njou,   16. 

Ricasoli,  201,  213. 

Ricci,  109,  209,  281. 

Riccobaldi,  214. 

Ridolti,  35. 

Rinuccini,   162,  244. 

Risaliti,  48,   178,   194,  246. 

Rondinelh,  300. 

Rossi,   46,    141. 

Rovcre,  251. 

Riiccllai,  70,  166,  192,  281. 

Salimbeni,  219. 

Salvetti,  208. 

Salviati,  47,  51,  195,  217,  239. 

S.  Antonio,  74,  202,  203. 

S.  Lorenzo,  84,  85. 

S.  Maria  Nuova,  3,  268. 

S.  Spirito,  122. 

Santorini,   138. 

Sapiti,   198. 

Sassetti,  12,  55,  57,  130. 

Scab,  126,  159,  241. 

Scarapucci,   163. 

Scarfa,  122. 

Segni,  270,  271. 

Sera,  298. 

Scrfranceschi,   148. 

Sernigi, 

Serragli,  99,  285. 

Serristori,  24,  69. 

Sertini,  254. 

Sestini,  253. 

Sforza,  81,  134. 

Silk   Merchants,  8. 

Spadari,  275. 

Spigbali,  257. 

Spini,   168, 

Staiti,  122. 

Stone  Masons,   10,  25. 

Strozzi,  169. 

Struffi,  293. 

Stufa,  36.  37,  265. 

Taddei,  no. 

Tcbalducci,  178. 

Toledo,   Eleonora  of,  294. 

Tondinelli,  91. 

Tori,    197. 

Tornabuoni,  25,  39,  125. 

Tosa,  129. 

Trinity  Monogram,  82. 

Tronconi,  211. 

Troscia,  239. 

Trotti,   93,   241. 

Ugolini,  158.  174. 

Ugurgieri,  30. 

Undetermined,    134,   I74.    '78,  247,  248,  275. 

Vannelli,  246. 

Vcttori,   .^gniolo,    17. 

Villani,  238. 

Vinci,  258. 

Volpini,  145, 

Volterra,  205. 

Wool  Merchants,  57.  59. 


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ROBBIA  HERALDRY 


3.     Index  of  Places 


Amsterdam,  114. 

Anghiari,   44,   97,    109,   201,   2gi. 

Antona,   147. 

Arezzo,  75,  82,  91,   119,  182,  190,  275. 

Asciano,  275. 

Ashridge,  197. 

Assisi,  28. 

Badia  Tedalda,  226. 

Baltimore,  85,  217. 

Berlin,  14,  261. 

Bevagna,   128. 

Bibbiena,  203,  253. 

Bivigliano,  99. 

Bolsena,    142,    143. 

Borgo   San   Lorenzo,   54,  97,    129,    130,    190, 

195,  214,  262,  281,  282. 
Borgo   San   Sepolcro  42,  43,  50,  51,  54,  61, 

68,  74,  103,  107,  126,  136,  151,  193,  194,  237. 
Brooklyn,  267. 

Buggiano  Alto,   123,   137,   151,   179,  239, 
Calenzano,  248. 
Camaldoli,   107. 
Campoli,  138. 
Casole,  275. 

Castelnuovo  di  Garfagnana,  236. 
Castiglione  Fiorentino,  98,   113,   152. 
Castrocaro,  256. 
Cerreto-Guidi,  192. 

Certaldo,  55,  89,  117,  123,  139,  260, 263,  274,  288 
Citta  di  Castello,  126,  253. 
Collins,  248. 
Coniston,   39. 
Cornocchi,  251. 

Cutigliano,   158,  166,  168,   178,  213,  238. 
Dicomano,  145,  219. 
Empoli,  32,   104,   119,  134,  241. 
Faenza,  33-35. 

Fabbrica  di  Peccioli,  143,  144. 
Fiesole,  249,  250. 
Finalpia-Savona,  274. 
Florence, 

Bardini  Coll.,  "JT,  Q2,  93,  no,  178,  181,  261. 

Innocenti,   242 

Museo  Nazionale,  25,  37,  60,  93,  94,  95, 
171,  183,  211,  236,  244,  246,  247,  252, 
257,  285. 

Museo  di  S.  Marco,  158. 

Opera  del  Duomo,  57. 

S.  Ambrogio,  250. 

SS.  Apostoli,  112. 

S.  Barnaba,  262. 

S.  Croce,   Cappella  Pazzi,  40. 

S.  Marco  Vecchio,  85,  106. 

S.  Maria  Novella,  no. 

S.  Miniato,  3,  12. 

Or  San  Michele,  8,  9,   10,  11,  299. 

S.   Paolino,  189. 

S.   Simone,   48. 

S.  Trinita,  6,  57. 

Palazzo  Antinori,  46,  59. 
"         Bardi,  loi. 
"         Canigiani,   169. 
"  Serristori,   23. 

Stufa,  37- 

Private  Collection,  60. 

Via  della  Scala,   104. 
"     S.  Gallo  e  Via  Guelfa,  122. 

Villa  Antinori,  267. 


Fontisterni,  246. 

Galatrona,  227. 

Gallicano,  155. 

Galluzzo,   19,  22,  31,  32,   129,   134,   140,   157, 

189,  206,  207,  264,  292,  293,  296. 
Impruneta,  8. 

Lari,     162,  185,  259,  265,  270,  271,  277,  288,  296. 
London,    16,   53,  83,  98,    184,    187,    195,   199, 

208,  220,  300. 
Macerata,  281. 
Massa  Carrara,  l6g. 
Mensole,   170. 
Montalcino,   155. 
Momtecassiano,   279. 
Montepulciano,    153. 
Montespcrtoli,   185. 
Montevarchi,   107,  227. 

New  York,  45,  59,  65,  81,  84,  87,   127,   182, 

184,   186,  202,  227,  269. 
Oliveto,  247. 

Paris,  65,  132,  169,  203,  258. 
Peccioli,    143,   144. 
Peretola,  3. 
Perugia,  64,  65,  222. 
Pescia,  18,  27,  216,  252,  282. 
Pescina,  206. 
Petrignano,    146. 
Piazzanese,  192. 
Pieve  San   Stefano,   103,   150,  159,   177,  211, 

222,  225,  226,  231. 
Pisa,   244. 
Pistoia,  43,  52,  55,  63,  99,  76,  115,   166,  174, 

215,  255,  267,  268,  276. 
Poggibonsi,  214. 
Ponte  a  Mensola,   170. 
Poppi,  17,  67,  13s,  254,  277. 
Prague,  225,  241. 
(II)    Pratello,  102. 
Prato,  90,  125,  192,  205,  239. 
Radda,  in,  148,  180,  jg8,  221,  232,  247,  256, 294 
Radicofani,    156. 
Rifredi  125. 
Rignano,  247. 

Rome,  76,  174,  207,  227,  232,  233,  234. 
Roslyn,  41,  51,  52. 
S.  Casciano,  144,  167. 
S    Flora,  81,  127,  134. 
S.  Giovanni  in  Valdarno,  13,  21,  25,  35, 

47,  53,  78,  148,  159,  161,  178,  186,  195, 

209,  223,  237,  273,  18^. 
S.  Lucchese,"2i4. 
S.   Piero  a  Sieve,  230. 
Scarperia,  50,  79,  88,  96,  122,  159,  168, 

213,  243,  279,  28^,  290. 
Sesto,  108,  112,  179,  190,  198,  284,  295. 
Siena,  30. 

Signa,   132,   141.  ■" 

Stia,  286. 

Tignano,  99.  ^ 

Tizzano,   145. 
Torre,   185. 
Trapani,   122. 

(La)  Verna,  30,  59,  69-74,  287,  294. 
Vienna,  66. 

Vincigliata,   139,   163,   171,   174. 
Viterbo,  163. 
Volterra,  20,  36,  62,  80,  87,   129,   140,   149, 

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